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The Lonely Londoners
Sam Selvon
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Description for The Lonely Londoners
Hardback.
The Lonely Londoners, an unforgettable account of immigrant experience and one of the great twentieth-century London novels, now in in a stunning Clothbound Classics edition.
At Waterloo Station, hopeful new arrivals from the West Indies step off the boat train, ready to start afresh in 1950s London. There, homesick Moses Aloetta, who has already lived in the city for years, meets Henry 'Sir Galahad' Oliver and shows him the ropes. In this strange, cold and foggy city where the natives can be less than friendly at the sight of a black face, has Galahad met his Waterloo? But the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2021
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780241504123
SKU
9780241504123
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About Sam Selvon
Sam Selvon was born in San Fernando (Trinidad) in 1923 and worked in his homeland as a wireless operator and reporter. In 1950 he left Trinidad for the UK, where he established himself as a writer with A Brighter Sun (1952). Many other books followed, including his best-known novel, The Lonely Londoners (1956), and its two sequels, Moses Ascending (1975) ... Read more
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