The Housing Lark
- Schrijver: Sam Selvon (Trinidad & Tobago)
- Soort boek: sociale roman
- Taal: Engels
- Eerste druk: 1965
- Uitgever: Penguin Modern Classics
- Verschijnt: 30 augustus 2020
- Omvang: 144 pagina’s
- Uitgave: Paperback / Ebook
Waardering en recensie van The Housing Lark
- “Selvon’s meticulously observed narratives of displaced Londoners’ lives created a template for how to write about migrant, and postmigrant, London for countless writers who have followed in his wake, including Hanif Kureishi and Zadie Smith.” (Caryl Phillips)
- “Irreverent, spirited … a seriously funny novel.” (New York Review of Books)
Flaptekst van de roman van Sam Selvon
Sitting in his cramped basement room in Brixton, Battersby dreams of money, women, a T-bone steak – and a place to call his own. So he and a group of friends decide to save up and buy a house together. But amid grasping landlords, the temptations of spending money and the less-than-welcoming attitude of the Mother Country, can this motley group of hustlers and schemers, Trinidadians and Jamaicans, men and women make their dreams a reality?