The Housing Lark (Paperback)

'Irreverent, spirited ... a seriously funny novel' New York Review of Books Sitting in his cramped basement room in Brixton, Battersby dreams of money, women, a T-bone steak - and a place to call his own. So he and a group of friends decide to save up and buy a house together. But amid grasping landlords, the temptations of spending money and the less-than-welcoming attitude of the Mother Country, can this motley group of hustlers and schemers, Trinidadians and Jamaicans, men and women make their dreams a reality? 'Selvon's meticulously observed narratives of displaced Londoners' lives created a template for how to write about migrant, and postmigrant, London for countless writers who have followed in his wake, including Hanif Kureishi and Zadie Smith' Caryl Phillips

General

Imprint:	Penguin Classics
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Penguin Modern Classics
Release date:	August 2020
Authors:	Sam Selvon
Dimensions:	198 x 129 x 8mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - B-format
Pages:	144
ISBN-13:	978-0-241-44132-9
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction
LSN:	0-241-44132-3
Barcode:	9780241441329

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