{"product_id":"foreigners-vintage-international","title":"Foreigners (Vintage International)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"pInfoTabCExpander-collapse\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pInfoTabCExpander-content\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"drengr_desktopTabbedDescriptionOverviewContent_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\" data-feature-name=\"drengr_desktopTabbedDescriptionOverviewContent\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"drengr_desktopTabbedDescriptionOverviewContent\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"drengr_desktopTabbedDescriptionOverviewContent_feature_div\" data-csa-c-asin=\"1400079845\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\" data-csa-c-id=\"qzi2rm-bynmys-otr7zb-n75ydh\" data-cel-widget=\"drengr_desktopTabbedDescriptionOverviewContent_feature_div\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFrom an acclaimed, award-winning novelist comes this brilliant hybrid of reportage, fiction, and historical fact: the stories of three black men whose tragic lives speak resoundingly to the problem of race in British society.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWith his characteristic grace and forceful prose, Phillips describes the lives of three very different men: Francis Barber, “given” to the 18th-century writer Samuel Johnson, whose friendship with Johnson led to his wretched demise; Randolph Turpin, a boxing champion who ended his life in debt and decrepitude; and David Oluwale, a Nigerian stowaway who arrived in Leeds in 1949 and whose death at the hands of police twenty years later was a wake up call for the entire nation. As Phillips weaves together these three stories, he illuminates the complexities of race relations and social constraints with devastating results.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Phillips, Caryl","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43157632843952,"sku":"9781400079841","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0528\/6821\/9056\/files\/41142zjqBRL._SY445_SX342.jpg?v=1706890797","url":"https:\/\/www.umojabooks.com\/products\/foreigners-vintage-international","provider":"Umoja House ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}