The Lonely Londoners

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Don Warrington

Sara Davies

Lauris Morgan-Griffiths

Sam Selvon

The Lonely Londoners by Sam Selvon: 2. Job Hunting

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The Lonely Londoners by Sam Selvon

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Galahad doesn’t want to be overawed by London, but realises he needs help,

Galahad doesn’t want to be overawed by London, but he needs help after a trip to the employment exchange. Read by Don Warrington.

Moses has met Sir Galahad off the boat train at Waterloo and sets about introducing him to his new home. 

Galahad is keen to show he's not overawed by London, but a trip to the employment exchange leaves him in need of Moses' help.  
  
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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