The Chronicles of Burke Street

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Brilliantly funny short stories set in Trinidad by award-winning author Ingrid Persaud.

Brilliantly funny short story series set in Port of Spain, Trinidad, by Costa Award-winning author Ingrid Persaud.

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The last in the brilliantly funny short story series by the author of Love After Love.

The last story in the brilliantly funny series by the acclaimed author of Love After Love, set on a street in Trinidad. Today: a search for a father reveals unexpected truths.

The last in the brilliantly funny short story series by the award-winning author of 'Love After Love', Ingrid Persaud.

Set on an everyday street in Port of Spain, Trinidad, 'The Chronicles of Burke Street' follows the lives and loves of its diverse colourful residents. Burke Street might seem like an ordinary street, but behind its closed doors lurk secrets, superstitions and barely concealed lies.

Today, in 'Gravy's Story', the search for a father reveals unexpected truths..

Writer: Ingrid Persaud is the winner of the 2018 BBC National Short Story Award, and her novel Love After Love won the 2020 Costa First Novel Award.
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Producer: Justine Willett

The Chronicles of Burke Street: The Chronicles of Burke Street

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