Rawle Eastmond (left) chatting with general manager of Cave Shepherd Richard Simpson in the Pages section on the second floor.

LABOUR MINISTER RAWLE EASTMOND put on his author's cap yesterday at Cave Shepherd and signed two books which he wrote and recently launched.

Helen's Hound and Yardfowl tell two different stories.

The first is a story of a young man who became an anti-hero.

"He was born in circumstances where his parents tried to better him yet he was wayward and deviant and he took his deviance into a seminary that he was attached to, he took his deviance to the community and he became addicted to every known thing in St Lucia," said Eastmond.

A number of other societal issues are also dealt with in the book where each chapter is its own short story.

The other, which was written in three weeks, deals with how yardfowls behave and according to Eastmond a yardfowl's highest claim to anything is membership in its political party.

"It is very easy to deal with a yardfowl in writing but not in life," he said.

He wrote the book in hopes of it helping to bring about a cultural change where everyone respects himself and does not try to cause supercession in the workplace because of party affiliation.

"I am not saying all Barbadians are yardfowls. They are in the minority, but they do deadly things," said Eastmond.

A number of locals and visitors purchased the books and had them autographed. (WB)