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City of Spades

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  • Essayist and novelist Colin MacInnes
    Colin MacInnes
    / City of Spades

    The first of these novels, City of Spades (1957), is told from the first-person perspective of`two characters: Johnny Fortune, a Nigerian migrant who has come to London set on thriving in the imperial capital that he has been led to believe is…

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    The first of these novels, City of Spades (1957), is told from the first-person perspective of`two characters: Johnny Fortune, a Nigerian migrant who has come to London set on thriving in the imperial capital that he has been led to believe is…

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