Details
PUBLISHED
[United States] : Recorded Books, Inc., 2008
Made available through hoopla
Made available through hoopla
EDITION
Unabridged
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource (1 audio file (8hr., 03 min.)) : digital
ISBN/ISSN
9781456103569 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) MWT13539028, 1456103563 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 13539028
LANGUAGE
English
SERIES
NOTES
Narrated by a full cast
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
Mode of access: World Wide Web