Pleasantview (Ig Publishing), the debut book by Trinidadian Celeste Mohammed, is a “novel in stories” set in a fictional town in south Trinidad, its carefully woven plotlines revealing unexpected connections among its inhabitants. Along the way, it unsparingly holds up a mirror to contemporary T&T and its complicated, often troubling relations of gender, ethnicity, and nationality. “The stories barrel from charm to tragedy,” says Publishers Weekly, “and back again, making for a memorable and moving immersion.”