Dancing in the Dark

Informationen zum Autor Caryl Phillips is the author of numerous acclaimed works of fiction and non-fiction, including the novels Crossing the River (shortlisted for the Booker Prize 1993) and A Distant Shore (winner of the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize 2004). Phillips has won the Martin Luther King Memorial Prize, a Guggenheim Fellowship, the PEN Open Book Award and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, as well as being named the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year 1992 and one of the Granta Best of Young British Writers 1993. He has also written for television, radio, theatre and film. Klappentext 'The funniest man I ever saw, and the saddest man I ever knew.' This is how W.C. Fields described Bert Williams, the highest-paid entertainer in America in his heyday and someone who counted the King of England and Buster Keaton among his fans. Born in the Bahamas, he moved to California with his family. Zusammenfassung 'The funniest man I ever saw, and the saddest man I ever knew.' This is how W.C. Fields described Bert Williams, the highest-paid entertainer in America in his heyday and someone who counted the King of England and Buster Keaton among his fans. Born in the Bahamas, he moved to California with his family.

Product details

• Authors: Janet Hobhouse, Caryl Phillips, Phillips Caryl
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.09.2006
• EAN: 9780099488873
• ISBN: 978-0-09-948887-3
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 197 mm x 13 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Historical / General, Historical fiction, California, Later 19th century c 1850 to c 1899, Narrative theme: Identity / belonging, Early 20th century c 1900 to c 1950, FICTION / African American & Black / General