| <,p>,,i>,‘ ou leave your mother and your brother too,<,/p>,<,p>,You leave the pretty wife you’re never faithful to,<,/p>,<,p>,You cross the sea to find those streets that’s paved with gold,<,/p>,<,p>,And all you find is Brixton cell that’s oh! so cold.’<,/p>,<,/i& t,<,p>,London, 1957. Victoria Station is awash with boat trains discharging hopeful black immigrants into a cold and alien land. Liberal England is about to discover the legacy of Empire. And when Montgomery Pew, a newly appointed assistant welfare officer in the Colonial Department, meets Johnny Fortune, recently arrived from Lagos, the meeting of minds and races takes a surprising turn...<,/p>,<,p>,Col n MacInnes gives London back to the people who create its exciting sub-culture. Hilarious, anti-conventional, blisteringly honest and fully committed to youth and vitality,<,i>,City of Spades<,/i>, is a unique and inspiring tribute to a country on the brink of change.<,/p>, |
