The lonely Londoners / Sam Selvon ; with an introduction by Nasta Susheila.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Selvon, Samuel, author.

Contributor:

Susheila, Nasta, writer of introduction.

Series:

Penguin clothbound classics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

London (England)--Social conditions--20th century--Fiction.

London (England).

England--London.

Immigrants--England--London--Fiction.

Immigrants.

West Indians--England--London--Social conditions--Fiction.

West Indians.

Emigrants and Immigrants.

Racism.

Social conditions.

West Indians--Social conditions.

Medical Subjects:

Emigrants and Immigrants.

Racism.

Genre:

Fiction.

Novels.

Pictorial cloth bindings

Physical Description:

xvii, 138 pages ; 21 cm.

Edition:

New edition.

Place of Publication:

London : Penguin Classics, 2021.

Summary:

"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."--From publisher.

Notes:

Previous edition: London: Wingate, 1956.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Bound in red-orange cloth, with design and lettering in blue.

Cited in:

Anim-Addo, Joan. This is the canon, 5

ISBN:

9780241504123

0241504120

OCLC:

1246539224