Caribbean
Trinidad and Tobago
Post-colonial
English
Fiction
The story of Caribbean migrants to post-war London — Moses, Galahad, Cap, Big City — navigating racism, poverty, and loneliness. Written in a lyrical Trinidad dialect, it invented a new prose voice.
Literary Significance
One of the most important Caribbean novels; invented the dialect prose style that influenced a generation of Black British writers
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editorial-summarynot primary textThe story of Caribbean migrants to post-war London — Moses, Galahad, Cap, Big City — navigating racism, poverty, and loneliness. Written in a lyrical Trinidad dialect, it invented a new prose voice. One of the most important Caribbean novels; invented the dialect prose style that influenced a generation of Black British writers
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