City of Spades explained

City of Spades
Cover Artist:Alexander Weatherson
Country:United Kingdom
Language:English
Publisher:MacGibbon & Kee
Release Date:1957

City of Spades is a novel written by Colin MacInnes published in 1957 and the first book in what is described as MacInnes’s "London Trilogy", the other two titles being Absolute Beginners (1959) and Mr Love & Justice (1960). Following the adventures of Johnny Fortune, a recently arrived Nigerian immigrant, the novel bears witness to the emergent black culture in London in the late 1950s.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Colin MacInnes: City of Spades. London Fictions. 21 February 2017.