Longing for Croydon
Luke Jennings, 7 February 1991
Them: Voices from the Immigrant Community in Contemporary Britain
by Jonathon Green.
Secker, 421 pp., £16.99, October 1990,0 436 20005 8 Show More
by Jonathon Green.
Secker, 421 pp., £16.99, October 1990,
The Golden Thread: Asian Experiences of Post-Raj Britain
by Zerbanoo Gifford.
Pandora, 236 pp., £17.99, October 1990,0 04 440605 3 Show More
by Zerbanoo Gifford.
Pandora, 236 pp., £17.99, October 1990,
“... and manage the Golden Eggs, they describe their experiences, and through those experiences, us. Zerbanoo Gifford is extensively quoted in Green’s book. She is one of the few who describes her arrival in Britain with any enthusiasm: I just thought I was coming to Paradise. It was cold and everything else but it was just so wonderful. The sheer ... ”