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City of Spades

by Colin MacInnes
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'You leave your mother and your brother too,You leave the pretty wife you're never faithful to,You cross the sea to find those streets that's paved with gold,And all you find is Brixton cell that's oh! so cold.'London, 1957. Victoria Station is awash with boat trains discharging hopeful black immigrants into a cold and alien land. Liberal England is about to discover the legacy of Empire. 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...Colin MacInnes gives London back to the people who create its exciting sub-culture. Hilarious, anti-conventional, blisteringly honest and fully committed to youth and vitality, City of Spades is a unique and inspiring tribute to a country on the brink of change.
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Series: Allison & Busby Classics Publisher: Allison & Busby

Kindle Book

  • Release date: July 30, 2012

OverDrive Read

  • ISBN: 9780749012052
  • Release date: July 30, 2012

EPUB ebook

  • ISBN: 9780749012052
  • File size: 451 KB
  • Release date: July 30, 2012

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Kindle Book
OverDrive Read
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subjects

Fiction Literature

Languages

English

'You leave your mother and your brother too,You leave the pretty wife you're never faithful to,You cross the sea to find those streets that's paved with gold,And all you find is Brixton cell that's oh! so cold.'London, 1957. Victoria Station is awash with boat trains discharging hopeful black immigrants into a cold and alien land. Liberal England is about to discover the legacy of Empire. 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...Colin MacInnes gives London back to the people who create its exciting sub-culture. Hilarious, anti-conventional, blisteringly honest and fully committed to youth and vitality, City of Spades is a unique and inspiring tribute to a country on the brink of change.
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Fiction Literature