{"product_id":"another-man-in-the-street-9780374613556","title":"Another Man in the Street","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCaryl Phillips, who \"pits himself against any kind of received wisdom\" (\u003ci\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e), gives us a hypnotic, heartbreaking novel lit by the bright and changing lights of 1960s London. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn London's swinging sixties, Victor Johnson, a young immigrant from the Caribbean, arrives in Britain with dreams of becoming a journalist in the \"mother country.\" Instead, he finds work collecting rent for Peter Feldman, a landlord equally kind and unscrupulous, and then falls into a relationship with Peter's lonely secretary Ruth, herself a migrant from the north of England. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSpanning nearly half a century, and set against the backdrop of a country which is slowly, reluctantly, evolving into a modern, multiracial society, we discover the truth of both Peter's tragic background and Ruth's agonizing secret, and witness Victor, out of his depth, adjusting to the painful realities of life in his new country. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBoth epic in its sweep and devastatingly intimate in its portrayal of damaged lives all caught between two worlds, \u003ci\u003eAnother Man in the Street\u003c\/i\u003e lays bare the traumas that often overtake personal relationships in the wake of transforming societies, and the high price of attempting to reinvent oneself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Caryl Phillips\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Straus and Giroux\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/07\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.40w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374613556","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43273912320137,"sku":"9780374613556","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_e3ee0e75-a057-406d-9395-bf165c299571.jpg?v=1736841472","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/another-man-in-the-street-9780374613556","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}