ABSTRACT
In three novels, produced over a span of three decades between 1956 and 1983, the West Indian author, Sam Selvon, poignantly and comically chronicled the adventures of Moses Aloetta and his Caribbean companions in the often hostile streets of post-war London. Although these new arrivals were sorely needed as unskilled labor in a city heavily damaged by enemy bombs, they were not always enthusiastically welcomed. The Lonely Londoners, published in 1956, 1 appeared as the wave of immigration was nearing its crest and as large numbers of the immigrants were beginning to understand that they would probably never return home. 2
