City of Spades
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
074901153X
ISBN-13
9780749011536
Publisher
Allison & Busby
Imprint
Allison & Busby
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jul 30th, 2012
Print length
356 Pages
Weight
244 grams
Dimensions
14.40 x 19.70 x 2.30 cms
Product Classification:
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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London, 1957. Victoria station is awash with boat trains discharging hopeful black immigrants into a cold and alien land. And when Montgomery Pew, a newly appointed assistant welfare officer in the Colonial Department, meets Johnny Fortune, recently arrived from Lagos, the meeting of minds and races takes a surprising turn ...
London, 1957. Victoria Station is awash with boat trains discharging hopeful black immigrants into a cold and alien motherland. Liberal England is about to discover the legacy of Empire. And when Montgomery Pew, assistant welfare officer in the Colonial Department, meets Johnny Fortune, recently arrived from Lagos, the meeting of minds and races takes a surprising turn. Colin MacInnes gives London back to the people who create its exciting sub-culture. Hilarious, anti-conventional, blisteringly honest and fully committed to younth and vitality, City of Spades is a unique and inspiring tribute to a country on the brink of change.
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