Singh, Chaitram. "The Flour Convoy."(Book review)

• Author: Fuller, Sam

Singh, Chaitram. The Flour Convoy. Bloomington, ESI: I-Universe, 2011.

The Flour Convoy is a damning story about the plight of a country facing a government that has self-induced its own destruction through rampant and systemic corruption. In many ways, it is a recapitulation of the postcolonial experience of many Third World countries. Written by Chaitram Singh, Professor of Government at Berry College, the novel won a Guyana Prize for Literature in 2012 as the Best First Work of Fiction. The Guyana Prizes for Literature were founded by President Desmond Hoyte in 1987 to promote and honor the development of local literature.

Singh's novel follows the intertwining stories of Army Captain Alan Moore, an honest man trying to serve his country honorably, and Army Chief of Staff General Clive Agrippa, an egomaniac who takes advantage of his position whenever possible. Agrippa cheats on his wife; assaults his...