Small Island by Andrea Levy

Andrea Levy will be in conversation with John Mullan at Kings Place on 24 January

Date: Monday 24 January
Time: 7.00pm
Venue: Hall One
Price: £9.50

Andrea Levy will talk to John Mullan about Small Island. Set in 1948, the novel is narrated by four different characters – Gilbert and Hortense, a married couple newly arrived in London from Jamaica, Queenie, their English landlady and her husband, Bernard. A comic and touching story about the first wave of West Indian immigration to Britain, exploring themes of empire, prejudice, war and love, it won both the Orange and the Whitbread prizes in 2004 and was later adapted for the small screen by the BBC.

Tickets are £9.50 online or £11.50 from the box office:
www.kingsplace.co.uk
Box Office: 020 7520 1490

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