Another Man in the Street, Caryl Phillips
Another Man in the Street, Caryl Phillips
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Another Man in the Street

Author: Caryl Phillips

Narrator: Danny Sapani

Unabridged: 7 hr 25 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/07/2025

Synopsis

Caryl Phillips, who pits himself against any kind of received wisdom” (London Review of Books), gives us a hypnotic, heartbreaking novel lit by the bright and changing lights of 1960s London. In London's swinging sixties, Victor Johnson, a young immigrant from the Caribbean, arrives in Britain with dreams of becoming a journalist in the mother country. Instead, he finds work collecting rent for Peter Feldman, a landlord equally kind and unscrupulous, and then falls into a relationship with Peter’s lonely secretary Ruth, herself a migrant from the north of England. Spanning nearly half a century, and set against the backdrop of a country which is slowly, reluctantly, evolving into a modern, multiracial society, we discover the truth of both Peter's tragic background and Ruth's agonizing secret, and witness Victor, out of his depth, adjusting to the painful realities of life in his new country. Both epic in its sweep and devastatingly intimate in its portrayal of damaged lives all caught between two worlds, Another Man in the Street lays bare the traumas that often overtake personal relationships in the wake of transforming societies, and the high price of attempting to reinvent oneself.

About Caryl Phillips

Caryl Phillips is the author of numerous works of fiction and nonfiction, including A View of the Empire at Sunset, The Lost Child, Crossing the River, and Color Me English. His novel A Distant Shore won the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize, and Dancing in the Dark won the PEN Open Book Award. His other honors include a Lannan Literary Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and Britain’s oldest literary award, the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He lives in New York.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Stephen Richard on February 07, 2025

"The past will offer no bridge towards a future for you" "A lonely man adrift in the world, who didn't yet understand how vulnerable he was Love, life, hopes and dreams, failures, losses and mistakes.. Another Man in the Street is a superb read. This primarily the tale of Victor Johnson who travels to......more

Goodreads review by Chris on July 22, 2024

Beautifully written tale of Victor who leaves his homeland of St. Kitts to try his luck in England. This is England of the 1960s, post Windrush. The story has Victor as the main character but introduces others with whom he interacts. We hear their stories too and these are interesting and moving. Lor......more

Goodreads review by BookOfCinz on February 02, 2025

Another Man in The Street opens in the early sixties with Victory Johnson leaving St. Kitts and Nevis behind with his family for London. He dreams of becoming a reporter and writer in London, one thing he plans on never doing is returning to his island home of St. Kitts and Nevis. Upon arriving in......more

Goodreads review by Carmijn on March 30, 2025

This novel recounts the lived experiences of various characters within the Windrush generation as they arrive in Britain to find prosperity. Exploring matters of community, migration, belonging and class, the different stories are highly intersected and show the diversity of narratives that surround......more

Goodreads review by Iain on March 24, 2025

Three characters with closely connected narratives. Interesting and engaging but brief and lacked the power that comes from depth. More a miniseries of vignettes.......more

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