The Housing Lark
€13.65
Product Information
| ISBN | 9780241441329 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sam Selvon |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format | Paperback |
| Number of pages | 144 |
| Weight (kg) | 0.112 |
| Publishing Date | 06/08/2020 |
| Price (excl. tax) | €12.88 |
| Tax | €0.77 |
| Price (incl. tax) | €13.65 |
| Availability | 7 units in external warehouse |
Product Description
''Irreverent, spirited ... a seriously funny novel'' New York Review of Books
Sitting in his cramped basement room in Brixton, Battersby dreams of money, women, a T-bone steak - and a place to call his own. So he and a group of friends decide to save up and buy a house together. But amid grasping landlords, the temptations of spending money and the less-than-welcoming attitude of the Mother Country, can this motley group of hustlers and schemers, Trinidadians and Jamaicans, men and women make their dreams a reality?
''Selvon''s meticulously observed narratives of displaced Londoners'' lives created a template for how to write about migrant, and postmigrant, London for countless writers who have followed in his wake, including Hanif Kureishi and Zadie Smith'' Caryl Phillips