The English Novel Abroad | 3: Samuel Selvon

Based on The Lonely Londoners by Sam Selvon

Gerald Moore, Reader in English in the School of African and Asian Studies, Sussex University, introduces the West Indian author who talks about and reads from his novel, The Lonely Londoners.

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The Lonely Londoners | BBC Radio 4 | 2023

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The Lonely Londoners | BBC Two | 2019

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