- West Indians, Fiction, History, England, fiction
"To his fellow West Indians who assemble every weekend for the all-night poker game at Mrs Knight's, he is always known as Bageye. There aren't very many black men in Luton in 1972 and most of them gather at Mrs Knight's - Summer Wear, Pioneer, Anxious, Tidy Boots - each has his nickname.
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Classical in form, earnest, nostalgic and effortless.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- contemporarynostalgic
- effortlessdemanding
- intimateepic
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- Author
- Colin Grant
- First published
- 2012
- Pages
- 280
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Editions
- 1
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780224091053
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