Johnson's dictionary
Dabydeen, David2013
Book
An historical adventure through London and the sugar-cane colony of Demerara, British Guyana. David Dabydeen takes inspiration from the art of Hogarth and its dens of iniquity: we meet slaves, lowly women on the make, lustful overseers and pious Jews. But it is in his master's copy of Johnson's Dictionary that the slave Francis finds the transformative power of words, and his own path to freedom and redemption.
Main title:
Johnson's dictionary / David Dabyeen.
Author:
Dabydeen, David, author
Work:
Imprint:
Leeds : Peepal Tree, 2013.Leeds : Peepal Tree, 2013.
Collation:
224 pages ; 21 cm
ISBN:
9781845232184 (pbk)
Dewey class:
813.6FICTION
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1036352