City of Spades

Fiction & Literature, Literary
Cover of the book City of Spades by Colin MacInnes, Allison & Busby
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Author: Colin MacInnes ISBN: 9780749012052
Publisher: Allison & Busby Publication: July 30, 2012
Imprint: Allison & Busby Language: English
Author: Colin MacInnes
ISBN: 9780749012052
Publisher: Allison & Busby
Publication: July 30, 2012
Imprint: Allison & Busby
Language: 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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‘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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