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  • Bibliography:
    11 Books
  • First Book:
    January 1953
  • Latest Book:
    May 2023
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Book List in Order: 11 titles







  • "I see trouble. Plenty trouble."
    The village obeahman Manko foresees trouble when an Englishman Garry Johnson comes to stay in the cacao estate of his friend Roger Franklin in Trinidad. Before long his prophecy is fulfilled when the visitor fall...






  • In the post-War Caribbean colony, as an earlier generation thinks of returning to India, Foster, a young man, goes to England and Rufis his brother leaves for the United States, each in search of himself and his world. Combining his characteristic hu...



  • The frothy humor is barbed with a disturbing ambiguity and subversive irony.... Moses Migrating illustrates Selvon’s continuing preoccupation with the theme of the exiles’ displacement and lack of a firm centre.—Susheila Nasta, Crit...



  • The humorous yet poignant novel of West Indian migrant life in London that adds an iconic voice to the growing Caribbean canonA Penguin ClassicSet in London in the 1960's, when the UK encouraged its Commonwealth citizens to emigrate as a result of th...










Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Sam Selvon has published 11 books.

Sam Selvon does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Calypso in London, was published in May 2023.

The first book by Sam Selvon, A Brighter Sun, was published in January 1953.

No. Sam Selvon does not write books in series.