Mayaro Gold: The Fiction of Michael Anthony (Ian Randle Publishers) by Roydon Salick is, surprisingly, the first book-length study of Anthony’s novels and short stories, and an overdue milestone in Caribbean literary criticism. Salick argues that in his memorable characters, deeply rooted sense of place, and ear for distinctively Trinidadian voices, Anthony offers a politically engaged response to the omissions and distortions of the colonial experience.