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A semi-autobiographical first novel about rites of passage in London's Asian community. It follows the lives of a group of boys as they make their way through the minefield of English society. The author won the Commonwealth Poetry Prize for his first collection of poems, "Slave Song".
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"Painfully beautiful and true." --Maya Angelou
"Utterly serious, painfully honest and combining, with some originality, the light and the dark, the sweet and the bitter." --Anita Desai, author, "The Clear Light of Day
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"We badly need novels about the immigrant experience in Britain and this is the best I've read for a long time--vivid, perceptive, funny and moving." --Penelope Lively, author, "The Photograph"
"Essential reading. [Dabydeen] narrates his painful story with a deft and often humorous touch, and provides us with some startling insights into poverty-stricken Guyana and multi-cultural London." --Caryl Phillips, author, "A Distant Shore
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"Utterly serious, painfully honest and combining, with some originality, the light and the dark, the sweet and the bitter." --Anita Desai, author, "The Clear Light of Day
"
"We badly need novels about the immigrant experience in Britain and this is the best I've read for a long time--vivid, perceptive, funny and moving." --Penelope Lively, author, "The Photograph"
"Essential reading. [Dabydeen] narrates his painful story with a deft and often humorous touch, and provides us with some startling insights into poverty-stricken Guyana and multi-cultural London." --Caryl Phillips, author, "A Distant Shore
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David Dabydeen was born in Guyana. He read English at Cambridge and presently teaches at the University of Warwick. he has published three books of poems and four novels, which have won many awards, including the Commonwealth Poetry Prize.
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- PublisherMinerva
- Publication date1992
- ISBN 10 0749398507
- ISBN 13 9780749398507
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages256
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Book Description Softcover. Reprint. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition. Cover faintly marked. Age-toning to page edges. Signed and Inscribed by the Author. 246 pages. The first novel of Guyanese born, English educated, author, academic, and diplomat. The story of a young Asian student abandoned in London by his father, was shortlisted for the UK John Llewellyn Rhys Prize won the Guyana Prize for Literature. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. Seller Inventory # 232792
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