The Lonely Londoners is a 1956 novel by Tamil Trinidadian author Samuel Selvon. Its publication marked the first literary work focusing on poor, working-class blacks in the beat writer tradition following the enactment of the British Nationality Act 1948.
The Lonely Londoners was released 5 years before the start of the early 60's.
The Lonely Londoners was released 4 years before 1960 which marked the beginning of the early 60's, not 5. The model most likely got confused as to what early 60s referred to