Diana Athill, an editor at the publishing company André Deutsch, read "Miguel Street" and liked it, but publisher, André Deutsch thought a book of short stories by an unknown Caribbean writer unlikely to sell profitably in Britain.
Diana Athill, the editor at the publishing company André Deutsch, who read "Miguel Street", liked it. But the publisher, André Deutsch, thought a series of linked stories by an unknown Caribbean writer unlikely to sell profitably in Britain.