Simisola (v.o.)Hutchinson, 1994 - 323 pages In an English town, Inspector Wexford investigates attacks on black women which lead to murder. A study of the slave-like condition of foreign domestics in Britain, who are not given the status of immigrants so they can be deported if they agitate for more money. |
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Page 198
... Kingsmarkham Baptists . The minister told Burden that most of Kingsmarkham's black families had a representative there , usually a middle - aged woman . Even so , they were few . ' Laurette Akande goes there too , ' he said . ' So that ...
... Kingsmarkham Baptists . The minister told Burden that most of Kingsmarkham's black families had a representative there , usually a middle - aged woman . Even so , they were few . ' Laurette Akande goes there too , ' he said . ' So that ...
Page 301
... Kingsmarkham , the third led to the industrial estate where Wexford had been two days before . After passing between the factory sites , it would rejoin the Kingsmarkham road at the pub called the Halfway House . ' Not much point in ...
... Kingsmarkham , the third led to the industrial estate where Wexford had been two days before . After passing between the factory sites , it would rejoin the Kingsmarkham road at the pub called the Halfway House . ' Not much point in ...
Page 303
... Kingsmarkham road wasn't at its heaviest at Friday lunchtime but it wasn't light either . The white Ford went past the marchers and took up its new position at the head of the column . More joined at the point where the Forby road ...
... Kingsmarkham road wasn't at its heaviest at Friday lunchtime but it wasn't light either . The white Ford went past the marchers and took up its new position at the head of the column . More joined at the point where the Forby road ...
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