When Nelson and his family arrive in Great Britain from Jamaica in 1958, he can hardly believe this cold, grey country is their "promised land." The young immigrant is homesick for the sunshine and way of life in the Caribbean, and he soon must cope with prejudice and fear as the growing tensions in his community explode in violence around him.
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