{"product_id":"9781400079841","title":"Foreigners","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePhillips, Caryl\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eVintage\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e11\/11\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cb\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\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[A] searching meditation on outsiders in England. . . . \u003ci\u003eForeigners\u003c\/i\u003e is written, like all Phillips' books, in a style of even, sorrowful precision that enrages as it informs.” —Pico Iyer, \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43412829405439,"sku":"9781400079841","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9781400079841_s600x595.jpg?v=1775590463","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/de\/products\/9781400079841","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}