The Lonely Londoners

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A novel of immigrant life in London in the 1950s.
Both devastating and funny, 'The Lonely Londoners' is an unforgettable account of immigrant experience - and one of the great twentieth-century London novels.

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 irrepressible newcomer cannot be cast down. He and all the other lonely new Londoners - from shiftless Cap to Tolroy, whose family has descended on him from Jamaica - must try to create a new life for themselves. As pessimistic 'old veteran' Moses watches their attempts, they gradually learn to survive and come to love the heady excitements of London.
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Weight 0.123000
Author Sam Selvon
Availability IP
Department Literature
Format Paperback
ISBN 9780141188416
Pages 160
Published 27/07/2006
Publisher Penguin
Section Literature
Series Penguin Modern Classics
Size Unfolded 13x20cm
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