Another Man in the Street

Another Man in the Street is a powerful and evocative story of a young West Indian man's search for home in 1960s London. This novel is by the multi-award-winning author dubbed 'one of the literary giants of our time' (New York Times).

A Guardian book to look forward to in 2025

‘A masterful stylist writing at the top of his powers’ – Anthony Joseph
‘An engrossing, artfully constructed chronicle of lives tragically unfulfilled’ – Mail on Sunday
‘A remarkable achievement’ – Washington Post
‘A moving, accomplished study of the vulnerabilities carried and concealed by human beings on their journeys throughout the world’ – Financial Times

In 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 unscrupulous slum landlord Peter Feldman.

Shadowing Victor in London from his early struggles 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.

Praise for Caryl Phillips

‘One of Britain's pre-eminent writers’ – Guardian
‘One of the literary giants of our time’ – New York Times
‘Phillips is a linguistic and cultural virtuoso’ – The Times