{"product_id":"another-man-in-the-street-by-caryl-phillips-9781526679949","title":"Another Man in the Street","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAnother Man in the Street\u003c\/em\u003e 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' (\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA \u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e book to look forward to in 2025\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘A masterful stylist writing at the top of his powers’\u003c\/strong\u003e – Anthony Joseph\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e‘An engrossing, artfully constructed chronicle of lives tragically unfulfilled’\u003c\/strong\u003e – \u003cem\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e‘A remarkable achievement’\u003c\/strong\u003e – \u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e‘A moving, accomplished study of the vulnerabilities carried and concealed by human beings on their journeys throughout the world’\u003c\/strong\u003e – \u003cem\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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 unscrupulous slum landlord Peter Feldman.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eShadowing 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for Caryl Phillips\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘One of Britain's pre-eminent writers’\u003c\/strong\u003e – \u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e‘One of the literary giants of our time’\u003c\/strong\u003e – \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e‘Phillips is a linguistic and cultural virtuoso’\u003c\/strong\u003e – \u003cem\u003eThe Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47494978142444,"sku":"9781526679949","price":24.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781526679949-another-man-in-the-street.jpg?v=1775793568","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/another-man-in-the-street-by-caryl-phillips-9781526679949","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}