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020			_a9780141188416 (pbk.) ; _c£8.99
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100	1		_aSelvon, Samuel
245	1	4	_aThe lonely Londoners
260			_aLondon : _bPenguin, _c2006.
300			_axvii, 138 p. ; _c20 cm.
500			_aOriginally published: London: Wingate, 1956.
520			_aAt 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.
650		0	_aImmigration _913229
650		0	_aHistory
650		0	_aBlack _912925
650		0	_aEthnicity
650		0	_aCaribbeans
650		0	_aLiterature
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