An atmospheric and utterly compelling debut novel about a Jamaican immigrant living in postwar London, This Lovely City shows that new arrivals have always been the prime suspects -- but that even in the face of anger and fear, there is always hope.
Arriving from Jamaica aboard the Empire Windrush , he\'s re.
With the war over and London still rebuilding, jazz musician Lawrie Matthews has answered England\'s call for labour.
London , 1950.
An atmospheric and utterly compelling debut novel about a Jamaican immigrant living in postwar London, This Lovely City shows that new arrivals have always been the prime suspects -- but that even in the face of anger and fear, there is always hope