{"product_id":"books-the-housing-lark-by-sam-selvon","title":"The Housing Lark","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Irreverent, spirited ... a seriously funny novel' \u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSitting in his cramped basement room in Brixton, Battersby dreams of money, women, a T-bone steak - and a place to call his own. So he and a group of friends decide to save up and buy a house together. But amid grasping landlords, the temptations of spending money and the less-than-welcoming attitude of the Mother Country, can this motley group of hustlers and schemers, Trinidadians and Jamaicans, men and women make their dreams a reality?  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Selvon's meticulously observed narratives of displaced Londoners' lives created a template for how to write about migrant, and postmigrant, London for countless writers who have followed in his wake, including Hanif Kureishi and Zadie Smith' Caryl Phillips\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53771461493009,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780241441329.jpg?v=1783968352","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/books-the-housing-lark-by-sam-selvon","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}