... what Whitney Baillett hailed "a nearly perfect work of its kind." The critic proclaimed, "This is the blessedly balanced realism that skirts completely the depressing passion of the naturalist novelist--the romance of total misery."(Carlisle) The London- Caribbean connection in Selvon's fiction in The Lonely Londoners publicized his country and placed Caribbean literature more visibly on the world's stage. As an ... writes with a genuine pride in his people and in their country, despite the social disadvantages and faded dreams that define their world(Benson, 1434-35) The Lonely Londone...

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