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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... suppose ? No one to tell you to stop kicking against the pricks ? ' ' You mean visions are another symptom ? Oh , no , I see . Like on the road to Damascus . You're not going to tell me that was all Paul had , a virus ? ' Akande laughed ...
... suppose ? No one to tell you to stop kicking against the pricks ? ' ' You mean visions are another symptom ? Oh , no , I see . Like on the road to Damascus . You're not going to tell me that was all Paul had , a virus ? ' Akande laughed ...
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... suppose there might . ' He sounded grudging . When he said it again he sounded hopeful . ' I suppose there might . You mean , she met him yesterday and they've gone off somewhere together ? My wife wouldn't like that . She has rather ...
... suppose there might . ' He sounded grudging . When he said it again he sounded hopeful . ' I suppose there might . You mean , she met him yesterday and they've gone off somewhere together ? My wife wouldn't like that . She has rather ...
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... suppose , she'd have asked Melanie if she'd any questions . Melanie'd only have a maximum of twenty minutes with Annette , there wouldn't have been time for much . ' ' Suppose she'd had a job to offer Melanie ? Could she have had ? What ...
... suppose , she'd have asked Melanie if she'd any questions . Melanie'd only have a maximum of twenty minutes with Annette , there wouldn't have been time for much . ' ' Suppose she'd had a job to offer Melanie ? Could she have had ? What ...
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