{"product_id":"another-man-in-the-street","title":"Another Man In The Street","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe powerful and evocative story of a young West Indian man''s search for home in 1960s London - by the multi-award-winning author dubbed ''one of the literary giants of our time'' (\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e**A \u003ci\u003eGuardian \u003c\/i\u003ebook to look forward to in 2025**\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA masterful stylist writing at the top of his powers\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e’\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e Anthony Joseph\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘An engrossing, artfully constructed chronicle of lives tragically unfulfilled’ \u003ci\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘A remarkable achievement’ \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘A moving, accomplished study of the vulnerabilities carried and concealed by human beings on their journeys throughout the world’ \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e____________________________________________\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the early Sixties, Victor ‘Lucky’ Johnson arrives in London from St Kitts, with dreams of becoming a journalist. Lucky soon finds work first at an Irish pub in Notting Hill – then as a rent collector for an unscrupulous slum landlord Peter Feldman.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShadowing Lucky from his early struggles in London to the present day, Caryl Phillips paints a striking portrait of a flawed but vividly alive man grappling with the lifelong disillusionments of exile – and the uniquely complicated identity of the Windrush generation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnother Man in the Street \u003c\/i\u003eis an unforgettable story of loss, displacement, belonging, and the triumph of Black resilience - epic in scope and yet profoundly intimate; and a radical and timely portrait of immigrant London.\u003cbr\u003e___________________________________________________\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Caryl Phillips\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘One of Britain''s pre-eminent writers’ \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘One of the literary giants of our time’ \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Phillips is a linguistic and cultural virtuoso’ \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57195900404094,"sku":"NW9781526678638","price":13.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781526678638.jpg?v=1778539753","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/another-man-in-the-street","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}