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David Chariandy rewrites Scarborough in his new book Brother

‘I wanted to acknowledge there are challenges, but tell that bigger story of life and vitality that you don’t always see in headlines’

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Though David Chariandy left Scarborough 13 years ago, Scarborough still hasn’t left him.

It was the setting of his decorated debut, Soucouyant, where the Bluffs backdropped a tale about a son returning home to a mother whose memories were being demolished by dementia. A nominee for the Governor-General’s Award and the Giller Prize long list, Chariandy’s debut novel wasn’t autobiographical but included painful details of the racism he and his family faced growing up Black in the Scarborough suburbs.

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