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Concrete Dreams

Concrete DreamsBy: Ferdinand Dennis

£14.99

Product Code: 9781845236021

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Brand:Ferdinand Dennis
Weight 0.290 kg
Dimensions 13.5 × 2.5 × 20.6 cm

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Concrete Dreams tells the gripping story of Lucas Bostock, a Jamaican immigrant who arrives in 1950's London determined to succeed - and to impose his vision of success on his family. A harsh, domineering man, shaped and scarred by survival, Lucas is no one's idea of a  nice man. When his wife Rhoda finally leaves him, taking their only daughter, he's left to raise their three sons with a mis of toughness, pride and unrelenting ambition. Lucas believes that the hard work - on building sites, as a carpenter, and eventually as a landlord - is the only way to protect his family. But as his children grow up and take their own paths through boxing, journalism, politics, retail and religion, they are forced to reckon with the cost of their father's influence. Meanwhile, the tenants in his houses add further layers to this vivid portrait of Caribbean-British life, sharing their stories of resistance and renewal in a changing city. Dennis crafts Lucas with remarkable honesty - flawed, often unlikeable, but deeply human. Concrete Dreams is both an intimate family saga and a bold exploration of race, masculinity, and generational legacy. This is a Windrush story, but one that refuses easy narratives, capturing instead the full complexity of Caribbean London and the voices that shaped it - and a narrator determined to tell his own story.

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