Foreigners Contributor(s): Phillips, Caryl (Author) |
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ISBN: 1400079845 ISBN-13: 9781400079841 Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: November 2008 Annotation: 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. Click for more in this series: Vintage International |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | African American - General |
Dewey: FIC |
LCCN: 2009290582 |
Series: Vintage International |
Physical Information: 0.57" H x 5.24" W x 8" L (0.41 lbs) 256 pages |
Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
Features: Price on Product, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents |
Review Citations: New York Times Book Review 12/14/2008 pg. 24 |
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Publisher Description: 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. |
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