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There Once Was A Little England A Story about Man's Obsession with 'Colour and Class'

Name: There Once Was A Little England
Author: Enrico Downer

Auteur: Enrico Downer

Taal: Engels

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Uitgever: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Auteur: Enrico Downer

Engels
Paperback
9781470007546
24 maart 2012
352 pagina's

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In Barbados in the 1950s, in a stratified and polarized population of whites, blacks, and half-whites, the son of a working-class family is shot and killed on the private property of a racist English landlord. The Englishman claims he mistook the boy for a monkey and, for his defense in a court of law, he turns to a black Bajan lawyer, a member of the race he deems inferior.The lawyer is faced with his own private dilemma. Should he defend the Englishman, face the scorn of the people and pander to the upper-class to which he yearns to belong?Should he swallow his pride and disregard the white mans assault on his dignity and on his race? Is it worth the approbation of the upper-class and their money to turn his back on his own?His life is further complicated when he enters the political arena and finds that in order to succeed he needs the majority vote of the working-class. But he has already cast his lot with the upper-class, the wealthy and privileged minority.Meanwhile, the people are stung by the Englishmans defence, the dehumanizing claim from the lips of a white man. And in dissimilarways the tragedy impacts the lives of the dead boys parents, a God-fearing mother who leans on her Christian faith and a grieving father determined to avenge the killing of his beloved son.And with baited breath the whole island awaits the day of the trial for their sense of justice to be vindicated. They expect no less a sentence than death for the Englishman. His life is in the hands of a brilliant black lawyer.

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Taal: en
Bindwijze: Paperback
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 24 maart 2012
Aantal pagina's: 352
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Hoofdauteur: Enrico Downer
Hoofduitgeverij: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

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Product breedte: 152 mm
Product hoogte: 19 mm
Product lengte: 229 mm
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Verpakking breedte: 152 mm
Verpakking hoogte: 19 mm
Verpakking lengte: 229 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht: 472 g

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Historische romans

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