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Escape to an Autumn Pavement by Andrew Salkey (2009, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherPeepal Tree Press, The Limited

ISBN-101845230981

ISBN-139781845230982

eBay Product ID (ePID)71114352

Product Key Features

Book TitleEscape to an Autumn Pavement

Number of Pages220 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicGeneral

Publication Year2009

GenreFiction

AuthorAndrew Salkey

Book SeriesCaribbean Modern Classics Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight3.6 Oz

Item Length8.2 in

Item Width5.2 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

Dewey Edition23

Number of Volumes20 vols.

Dewey Decimal813.6

SynopsisA brave and pioneering treatment of sexual identity in Caribbean literature, this novel, first published in 1960, follows the fortunes of Johnnie Sobert, a Jamaican exile who works in London at a club that caters to black American servicemen. In flight from his dominant, possessive mother, he immerses himself in the bohemian Soho scene and adopts a wisecracking persona as a cover for his deep-seated insecurities. Adding to Johnnie's confusion is the fact that when he is not at work, he navigates a completely different life in Hempstead, where he lives in a bedsitter and carries on an unsatisfying affair with his white landlady, Fiona. These two worlds provide a lively portrait of Britons reacting to the growing presence of blacks and Asians in their neighborhoods, and Johnnie takes lessons from each place. By the time he finally decides to move in with his gay friend, Dick, he is much better equipped with self-awareness--but he has yet to make a decision about where his desires truly lie.

LC Classification NumberPR9265.9.S2