
Extravagant Strangers
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Caryl Phillips was born in St. Kitts, West Indies. Brought up in England, he has written for television, radio, theater, and cinema. He is the author of one book of nonfiction, The European Tribe, and six novels, The Final Passage, A State of Independence, Higher Ground, Cambridge, Crossing the River, and The Nature of Blood. His awards include the Martin Luther King Memorial Prize, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and a James Tait Black Memorial Prize. He divides his time between London and New York.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Other Books By This Author
- Dedication
- Contents
- Editor's Note
- Preface
- Chapter 1 - Ukawsaw Gronniosaw [1710-death unknown]
- Chapter 2 - Ignatius Sancho [1729-80]
- Chapter 3 - Olaudah Equiano [1745-97]
- Chapter 4 - William Thackeray [1811-63]
- Chapter 5 - Joseph Conrad [1857-1924]
- Chapter 6 - Rudyard Kipling [1865-1936]
- Chapter 7 - Wyndham Lewis [1882-1957]
- Chapter 8 - T. S. Eliot [1888-1965]
- Chapter 9 - Katherine Mansfield [1888-1923]
- Chapter 10 - Jean Rhys [1890-1979]
- Chapter 11 - C. L. R. James [1901-89]
- Chapter 12 - George Orwell [1903-50]
- Chapter 13 - E. R. Braithwaite [1912-]
- Chapter 14 - Lawrence Durrell [1912-90]
- Chapter 15 - Doris Lessing [1919-]
- Chapter 16 - Wilson Harris [1921-]
- Chapter 17 - Samuel Selvon [1923-94]
- Chapter 18 - James Berry [1924-]
- Chapter 19 - Ruth Prawer Jhabvala [1927-]
- Chapter 20 - George Lamming [1927-]
- Chapter 21 - Peter Porter [1929-]
- Chapter 22 - J. G. Ballard [1930-]
- Chapter 23 - Eva Figes [1932-]
- Chapter 24 - V. S. Naipaul [1932-]
- Chapter 25 - Penelope Lively [1933-]
- Chapter 26 - Anita Desai [1937-]
- Chapter 27 - Christopher Hope [1944-]
- Chapter 28 - Shiva Naipaul [1945-85]
- Chapter 29 - Salman Rushdie [1947-]
- Chapter 30 - Abdulrazak Gurnah [1948-]
- Chapter 31 - George Szirtes [1948-]
- Chapter 32 - Timothy Mo [1950-]
- Chapter 33 - William Boyd [1952-]
- Chapter 34 - Linton Kwesi Johnson [1952-]
- Chapter 35 - Romesh Gunesekera [1954-]
- Chapter 36 - Kazuo Ishiguro [1954-]
- Chapter 37 - David Dabydeen [1955-]
- Chapter 38 - Michael Hofmann [1957-]
- Chapter 39 - Ben Okri [1959-]
- Acknowledgements
- Books by Caryl Phillips
- Copyright
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