The Lonely Londoners

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Don Warrington

Sara Davies

Lauris Morgan-Griffiths

Sam Selvon

The Lonely Londoners by Sam Selvon: 3. Aunt Tanty

3. Aunt Tanty

The Lonely Londoners by Sam Selvon

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Tolroy’s entire family turn up, wanting to enjoy his new prosperity.

Tolroy’s entire family turn up, wanting to enjoy his new prosperity. Aunt Tanty rapidly becomes well known. Read by Don Warrington.

Moses's friend Tolroy was horrified when his entire family turned up at Waterloo, wanting to enjoy his new prosperity in London. 

He has eventually got them settled off the Harrow Road, and Aunt Tanty is rapidly becoming a well-known character in the area. 

But she still hasn't ventured into the centre if the city by tube or bus, something that she decides to remedy.

Sam Selvon's rich and touching 1956 novel about the lives of a group of Caribbean immigrants in London.

Abridged by Lauris Morgan-Griffiths. 

Read by Don Warrington.

Producer: Sara Davies

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2014.

*** THE LONELY LONDONERS will be followed on 4 Extra by Colin MacInnes's vibrant novel about London, ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS, set just a couple of years later as racial tensions rise.

Together, the two books offer an unforgettable portrait of a city and a society undergoing convulsive change.

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Don Warrington reads Sam Selvon's 1950's classic of immigrant life in London.

Don Warrington reads Sam Selvon's 1950s classic about the lives of a group of Caribbean immigrants in London. Abridged by Lauris Morgan-Griffiths

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