Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library

Foreigners, Caryl Phillips

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Foreigners, Caryl Phillips
Language
eng
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Format of music
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Literary text for sound recordings
fiction
Main title
Foreigners
Responsibility statement
Caryl Phillips
Summary
Award-winning author Caryl Phillips shares the factbased story of three foreigners-black men attempting to fit into a white world. Francis Barber worked for Dr. Samuel Johnson, and after the good doctor's death he struggles for respect. Randy Turpin beats Sugar Ray Robinson in 1951, but soon falls into debt and despair. David Oluwale is a Nigerian immigrant who is brutally beaten by Leeds police officers in 1969
Target audience
adult
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Is Part Of