Small Island

First edition. 8vo. Pp. [viii], 441, [1]. Publisher's navy-blue cloth, lettered in silver to spine; red endpapers. "Orange Prize for Fiction" sticker to dust-jacket front panel.

Signed by Author to title page. As new.

Winner of the 2004 Orange Prize, The Whitbread Novel Award, The Whitbread Book of the Year Award, and the Commonwealth Writers' Prize. Additionally, it won the "Best of the Best" from the first decade of the Orange Prize. Listed at No. 52 in The Guardian's "100 Best Books of the 21st Century" (1919).

Author's fourth novel. Set in post-war Britain and told in four distinct voices, Small Island explores the lives of returning black British soldiers, who find themselves cast in the ranks of second-class citizens. The definitive fictional account of the experiences of the Empire Windrush generation. It was adapted for the small screen in 2009 as a co-production between the BBC and Masterpiece/WGBH Boston. "Honest, skilful, thoughtful and important." –Guardian