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Ladoo was born and grew up in an environment much like the world of his novels. He was born in Trinidad into extreme poverty and immigrated to Toronto , Canada with his wife and son in 1968 to study English at the University Of Toronto . It was during this time that he wrote his first and most notable novel '' No Pain Like This Body '', published in 1972 . The novel is a vivid story of a young boy growing up in a small Caribbean rice-growing community. It focuses on the day-to-day struggles of a single family through illness, storm, and violence during the August rainy season. The writing is raw and often naïve yet manages to create a visceral experience. His second book, '' Yesterdays '' was a much more upbeat book about a young man attempting to launch a Hindu Mission to Canada. His third book that was intended to be last book of a trilogy, however in 1973 while on a visit home to his Calcutta Settlement, he was mysteriously killed and his body was found on the side of a road in Trinidad. |
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