In the Castle of My Skin by George Lamming - ISBN: 9780241296066
Paperback
Barbados boy awakens to a brutal world under colonial rule.

In the Castle of My Skin

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  • Paperback

    368 pages

  • Release Date

    15 June 2017

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Summary

A powerful autobiographical novel of race and class by one of the leading Caribbean writers of the 20th century.

In a sleepy fishing village in 1930s Barbados, nine-year-old G. leads a life of quiet mischief. While the village lies tranquil in the shadow of its English landlord, Mr Creighton, and his towering house on the hill, G. makes his own fun, crab catching, teasing preachers, and playing among the pumpkin vines. Yet from this world of boyish pursuits, the precocious G. finds hi…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780241296066
ISBN-10:0241296064
Author:George Lamming
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:Penguin Classics
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:368
Release Date:15 June 2017
Weight:280g
Dimensions:198mm x 129mm x 22mm
Series:Penguin Modern Classics
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Critics Review

Its poetic imaginative writing has never been surpassed

Its poetic imaginative writing has never been surpassed * Tribune *
Rich and riotous * The Times *
Fluent, poetical, sophisticated * Sunday Times *

About The Author

George Lamming

George Lamming was a Barbados-born novelist, essayist, and poet. He taught at universities around the world, including posts of Distinguished Visiting Professor at Duke University and Visiting Professor at Brown University. His books include In the Castle of My Skin (1953), The Emigrants (1954), Of Age and Innocence (1958), and The Pleasures of Exile (1960).

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