The Housing Lark is a novel written by a Trinidad-born writer and journalist Samuel Selvon. The novel presents a comedic caricature of the experience of the West Indian immigrants in London. It shows the life and interactions of people of various...

Samuel Selvon is a novelist and essayist born on May 20, 1923 in San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago. As an East Indian, his heritage plays a major role in his published works as he often depicts experiences particular to people of color. Since he...