Caryl Phillips
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Caryl Phillips
Foreigners: Three English Lives
Presents the stories of Francis Barber, 'given' to the great eighteenth-century writer Samuel Johnson; Randolph Turpin, Britain's first black world champion boxer; and, David Oluwale, a Nigerian stowaway who arrived in Leeds in 1949, the events of whose life called into question the reality of English justice.
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Dancing In The Dark
'The funniest man I ever saw, and the saddest man I ever knew.' This is how W.C. Fields described Bert Williams, the highest-paid entertainer in America in his heyday and someone who counted the King of England and Buster Keaton among his fans.
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Crossing the River
Shortlisted for the Booker Prize Winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for FictionCaryl Phillips’ ambitious and powerful novel spans two hundred and fifty years of the African diaspora.
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A Distant Shore
The English village is a place where people come to lick their wounds. It's not immediately clear why her neighbour, Solomon, is living in the village, but his African origin suggests a complex history that is at odds with his dull routine of washing the car and making short trips to the supermarket.
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