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The Pleasures of Exile

George Lamming, Bill Schwartz and others

  • 235 pages · about 4 hours
  • First published 1960
  • 6 editions
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1 About this book

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  • Biography
  • Caribbean area
  • Authors, biography
  • Caribbean area, social life and customs
  • Colonies
  • Exiles
  • Intellectual life

2 About George Lamming

1927–2022

George William Lamming OCC (8 June 1927 – 4 June 2022) was a Barbadian novelist, essayist, and poet. He first won critical acclaim for In the Castle of My Skin, his 1953 debut novel. He also held academic posts, including as a distinguished visiting professor at Duke University and a visiting professor in the Africana Studies Department of Brown University, and lectured extensively worldwide.

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