{"product_id":"9780141188416-the-lonely-londoners","title":"The Lonely Londoners","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAt Waterloo Station, hopeful new arrivals from the West Indies step off the boat train, ready to start afresh in 1950s London. There, homesick Moses Aloetta, who has already lived in the city for years, meets Henry 'Sir Galahad' Oliver and shows him the ropes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBoth devastating and funny, \u003ci\u003eThe Lonely Londoners \u003c\/i\u003eis an unforgettable account of immigrant experience - and one of the great twentieth-century London novels.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eThis Penguin Modern Classics edition includes an introduction by Susheila Nasta.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt Waterloo Station, hopeful new arrivals from the West Indies step off the boat train, ready to start afresh in 1950s London. There, homesick Moses Aloetta, who has already lived in the city for years, meets Henry 'Sir Galahad' Oliver and shows him the ropes. In this strange, cold and foggy city where the natives can be less than friendly at the sight of a black face, has Galahad met his Waterloo? But the irrepressible newcomer cannot be cast down. He and all the other lonely new Londoners - from shiftless Cap to Tolroy, whose family has descended on him from Jamaica - must try to create a new life for themselves. As pessimistic 'old veteran' Moses watches their attempts, they gradually learn to survive and come to love the heady excitements of London.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSam Selvon (b. 1923) was born in San Fernando, Trinidad. In 1950 Selvon left Trinidad for the UK where after hard times of survival he established himself as a writer with \u003ci\u003eA Brighter Sun \u003c\/i\u003e(1952), \u003ci\u003eAn Island is a World\u003c\/i\u003e (1955), \u003ci\u003eThe Lonely Londoners\u003c\/i\u003e (1956), \u003ci\u003eWays of Sunlight\u003c\/i\u003e (1957), \u003ci\u003eTurn Again Tiger\u003c\/i\u003e (1958), \u003ci\u003eI Hear Thunder\u003c\/i\u003e (1963), \u003ci\u003eThe Housing Lark\u003c\/i\u003e (1965), \u003ci\u003eThe Plains of Caroni\u003c\/i\u003e (1970), \u003ci\u003eMoses Ascending\u003c\/i\u003e (1975) and \u003ci\u003eMoses Migrating\u003c\/i\u003e (1983).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf you enjoyed \u003ci\u003eThe Lonely Londoners, \u003c\/i\u003eyou might like Jean Rhys's \u003ci\u003eVoyage in the Dark \u003c\/i\u003eor Shiva Naipaul's \u003ci\u003eFireflies, \u003c\/i\u003ealso available in Penguin Modern Classics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'His \u003ci\u003eLonely Londoners\u003c\/i\u003e has acquired a classics status since it appeared in 1956 as the definitive novel about London's West Indians'\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The unforgettable picaresque . a vernacular comedy of pathos'\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31651415228513,"sku":"9780141188416","price":8.51,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_34303914_6db3e671-5e92-4dbd-b06d-cd31b44958bf.jpg?v=1747242021","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780141188416-the-lonely-londoners","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}