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Foreigners.(Brief article)(Book review)
This uneven but compelling book, which is structured as a triptych and interweaves fiction and history, spans centuries and characters but remains in one place: a starkly racist England. In the first section, Francis Barber, the Jamaican slave who became Samuel Johnson's servant, suffers ostracism and impoverishment after his employer's death; the second follows the rise and tragic decline of Randy Turpin, Britain's first black world-champion boxer; and the third ...
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