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Sam Selvon’s sparkling, lyrical tale of a group of Caribbean immigrants who band together to buy a house in London.

Sick of paying exorbitant rent for a basement in Brixton, Battersby decides to buy his own house – but he can’t do it alone. He pulls together a motley crew of shift workers, pot-washers, hustlers and calypsonians who all share a desire to own their place. Plans, scams, deceits and double dealing ensue as friends feud and switch allegiance and through it all, the pile of money under Bat's mattress never quite grows as it should.

As the sun comes out in London, the would-be home owners start to resent their frugal lifestyles.

Written by Sam Selvon
Abridged by Patricia Cumper
Read by Martina Laird
Produced by Eilidh McCreadie