Concrete Dreams
4.3
( 3081 )
Engelsk
Concrete Dreams tells the gripping story of Lucas Bostock, a Jamaican immigrant who arrives in 1950s London determined to succeed "” and to impose his vision of success on his family. A harsh, dominee...
Forlagsbeskrivelse af Concrete Dreams af Ferdinand Dennis
Concrete Dreams tells the gripping story of Lucas Bostock, a Jamaican immigrant who arrives in 1950s London determined to succeed "” and to impose his vision of success on his family. A harsh, domineering man, shaped and scarred by survival, Lucas is no one"™s idea of a nice man. When his wife Rhoda finally leaves him, taking their only daughter, he"™s left to raise their three sons with a mix of toughness, pride, and unrelenting ambition. Lucas believes that hard work "” on building sites, as a carpenter, and eventually as a landlord "” is the only way to protect his family. But as his children grow up and take their own paths through boxing, journalism, politics, retail, and religion, they are forced to reckon with the cost of their father"™s influence. Meanwhile, the tenants in his houses add further layers to this vivid portrait of Caribbean-British life, sharing their stories of resistance and renewal in a changing city. Dennis crafts Lucas with remarkable honesty "” flawed, often unlikeable, but deeply human. Concrete Dreams is both an intimate family saga and a bold exploration of race, masculinity, and generational legacy. It"™s a Windrush story, but one that refuses easy narratives, capturing instead the full complexity of Caribbean London and the voices that shaped it"”and a narrator determined to tell his own.
Detaljer
Forlag
Peepal Tree Press Ltd
ISBN
9781845236021
Sprog
Engelsk
Udgivelsesdato
02-10-2025
Format
Paperback
Varenr.
3399585
EAN nr.
9781845236021
Varegruppe
Fiction
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