Boyhood Days - Book 2: A Caribbean Narrative by Dennis Adonis: Volume 1 - Tapa blanda

Boyhood Days – Book two, is part of a five piece collection of Caribbean Narratives which is revered to some extent, on the actual experiences of the author and a host of other people in his time, and collectively combined to form a single story. In reality, all of the events mentioned in the book and played by its main characters are actually a combination of experiences of the author and other persons, which had sometimes occurred in different places, to different persons (other than the author) and at different time periods, but arrayed together to form one consistent line of occurrences. While the entire activities of the book itself are grounded entirely in Guyana (then British Guiana), the book’s main imaginary character, Joshua Williams (called Josh) depicts a life that resonates broadly across our Caribbean culture in the 1960’s, and more or less, depicts the generally live-loose nature of our Caribbean people in those times. Those were the times when there were no television sets, no Ipods, no computers, no microwaves, no mobile phones, and no major technological innovations. Those were the times when in despite of the absence of these novelties, people lived more happily, showed more tolerance for each other, demonstrated respect for the elderly, and were never knowingly short of food, as every neighbours pot was always open to the other. Those were the times when a man’s word was as good as his handshake, and his promise was as genuine as 24 karat gold. Indeed those were the times when children were playful, yet committed to the tasks bestowed upon them. Those were the days when boys played cricket in the streets and endured the black sage whip fuh cussin, and breaking their neighbours’ glass windows. Those were the days when you ketch patwa and houri, strayed whole day, and mercilessly steal from the neighbours fruit trees. Yes, my Caribbean friends, those were the wonderful days that you embrace with nostalgia and craze. Yes, you and I would always remember, our “Boyhood Days”.

Dennis Adonis is a Guyanese-born Computer Software Engineer, Recording Artiste, Educational Author, Novelist, and self-styled Polymath. In despite of his varied interest and intellect of varying subject matters, his expertise is more concentrated on Computer Security Software, and Information Technology Engineering. He has been instrumental in the contributing development of instructional materials for academic use at the University of Dublin (Ireland) and the University of Anthwerp. He had had his share of controversies, but always kept steadfast to his goals, and status as an authority on Information Technology, fictional writing, and even musical arts. Now taking a backseat after giving up his various commercial pursuits, Adonis spends most of his time developing and testing software for a range of outsourcing companies, in addition to developing interactive software tools aimed at delivering e-learning content in a more user-simplified environment. In his spare time, he sits at his computer writing books, and has penned six books so far; - three of which are already published, while the other three are schedule for release during the first week of March 2012. In his capacity as an Information Technology Engineer, Adonis has published two books to date, namely; - (1) Mastering Information Technology V.1 (2012), and, (2) An Introduction to Microsoft Windows 8 (2012) His love for Caribbean literature and Historic writing has also seen him publishing Novels that centre’s on Caribbean culture, such as; - Boyhood Days Books 1 and 2 (part of a series of 5 books, 2012). He currently seeks to expand his authoring portfolio in addition to indulging extensively in music recording. Further information on his books can be found by visiting his website at: www.dennisadonis.net He also maintains a site with his entertainer portfolio at: www.dennisadonis.net/themusician