| Tales from Two Cities: Travel of Another Sort | |
| Author: | Dervla Murphy |
| Orig Lang Code: | en |
| Publisher: | John Murray |
| Pub Date: | 1987 |
| Pages: | 314 (first edition) |
| Isbn: | 0719544351 |
| Preceded By: | Muddling Through in Madagascar |
| Followed By: | Cameroon with Egbert |
Tales from Two Cities: Travel of Another Sort is a book by Irish author Dervla Murphy.[1] [2] It was first published by John Murray in 1987.[3]
Tales from Two Cities describes Murphy's time living in Bradford and Birmingham in inter-racial communities. She discusses British race relations and includes an account of the 1985 Handsworth riots.[4]
In her review for The Observer, Kirsty Milne felt the book should not have been written in the first place, noting the "unfortunate" implications that arise from a white person like Murphy writing about black communities.[2] Still, Milne thought that Murphy's efforts were well-intentioned albeit tone-deaf.[2] On the other hand, Trevor Fishlock wrote in his review for The Daily Telegraph that the book was a "brave" and "thought-provoking" examination of the race relations in these communities.[5]