From an acclaimed, award-winning novelist comes this brilliant
hybrid of reportage, fiction, and historical fact: the stories of
three black men whose tragic lives speak resoundingly to the
problem of race in British society.
With his characteristic grace and forceful prose, Phillips
describes the lives of three very different men: Francis Barber,
"given" to the 18th-century writer Samuel Johnson, whose friendship
with Johnson led to his wretched demise; Randolph Turpin, a boxing
champion who ended his life in debt and decrepitude; and David
Oluwale, a Nigerian stowaway who arrived in Leeds in 1949 and whose
death at the hands of police twenty years later was a wake up call
for the entire nation. As Phillips weaves together these three
stories, he illuminates the complexities of race relations and
social constraints with devastating results.
General
| Imprint: |
Vintage Books
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Series: |
Vintage International |
| Release date: |
November 2008 |
| First published: |
November 2008 |
| Authors: |
Caryl Phillips
|
| Dimensions: |
201 x 132 x 15mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
| Pages: |
256 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-4000-7984-1 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
Promotions
|
| LSN: |
1-4000-7984-5 |
| Barcode: |
9781400079841 |
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