A Shilling in the Pound

A cardboard case, a wedding photograph, and a debt: that is all Sohan Singh carries into the Lancashire cotton town of Barnstead in 1956. Night shift belongs to men like him; daylight and the looms belong to the English. The landlord who found him the job takes rent, interest, and a shilling in every pound — and holds a secret that could put Sohan on a boat home. Learning to read the small print will cost him everything he has hidden.