James Baldwin and Britain

Dilip Hiro reviews No Name in the Street

Source: The Times

Apr 17 1972: 9

‘The Monday book: Great black hope’, Dilip Hiro

Dilip Hiro reviews No Name in the Street: In terms of writers who can create material outside their own experiences ‘…JB can hardly be described as a highly imaginative novelist or playwright; but he has always excelled at writing essays and articles’.