Caryl Phillips

Caryl Phillips, who "pits himself against any kind of received wisdom (London Review of Books), gives us a hypnotic, heartbreaking novel lit by the bright and changing lights of 1960s London. In London's swinging sixties, Victor Johnson, a young immigrant from the Caribbean, arrives in Britain...

Dorothy and Solomon live in a new housing estate on the outskirts of an English village....

Caryl Phillips has received international acclaim for his works, including the Martin Luther King Memorial Prize, a Guggenheim fellowship, and membership in the Royal Society of Literature. Dancing in the Dark brilliantly re-creates the life of Bert Williams, the first Black entertainer to...