''City of Spades'' is a novel written by

Colin MacInnes Colin MacInnes (20 August 1914 – 22 April 1976) was an English novelist and journalist. Early life MacInnes was born in London, the son of singer James Campbell McInnes and novelist Angela Mackail, who was the granddaughter of the Pre-Rap ...

published in 1957 and the first book in what is described as MacInnes’s "London Trilogy", the other two titles being '' Absolute Beginners'' (1959) and ''Mr Love & Justice'' (1960). Following the adventures of Johnny Fortune, a recently arrived

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n immigrant, the novel bears witness to the emergent black culture in London in the late 1950s.

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1957 novels Fiction set in the 1950s Novels set in London Novels by Colin MacInnes MacGibbon & Kee books {{1950s-hist-novel-stub