G Lawrence
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English
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The scene is an outdoor café near a lake. It is early autumn in the 70s in Stockholm. Berry an Afro-West Indian and two Swedish cronies Gun and Kerstin are socialising. Sam, the Afro-American in time, encroaches on the trio. The black men have conflicting views about how it is to live in Sweden. Berry is belligerent towards Sam: suspects him to have something up his sleeve. Sam, on the other hand, is calm and collected though contemptuous. The girls...
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English
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"Getting It Right, If Ever" is a blend of fantasy and realism. The action takes place in two imaginary countries at the beginning of the seventies.Benji is a forty-year-old light-skinned gardener, handyman, and aspiring poet who hails from TeeGee Island, an imaginary island in the British Caribbean.After Sunday service, Benji meets forty-five-year-old Molly, a visitor to TeeGee Island. They become pen pals, and she invites him to Vikland––an imaginary...