In Our Mad and Furious City
Paperback Published on: 07/02/2019
Price: £10.99
Synopsis
Winner of the Jhalak Prize for Book of the Year by a Writer of Colour 2019**
Winner of the Dylan Thomas Prize 2019
Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2018
Shortlisted for the Goldsmiths Prize
Shortlisted for the Gordon Burn Prize
For Selvon, Ardan and Yusuf, growing up under the towers of Stones Estate, summer means what it does anywhere: football, music and freedom. But now, after the killing of a British soldier, riots are spreading across the city, and nowhere is safe.
While the fury swirls around them, Selvon and Ardan remain focused on their own obsessions, girls and grime. Their friend Yusuf is caught up in a different tide, a wave of radicalism surging through his local mosque, threatening to carry his troubled brother, Irfan, with it.
Publisher information
- Publisher: Headline Publishing Group
- ISBN: 9781472250216
- Number of pages: 304
- Dimensions: 196 x 130 x 20 mm
- Weight: 220g
- Languages: English
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A novel that spits itself from its pages with an unapologetic authenticity to the language of the streets.
Whilst I read this blistering novel, I actually moved to London. I'm still reeling from the experience of both. 'In Our Mad and Furious City' weaves togeth... READ MORE
An extraordinary and powerful debut novel
This year's Booker longlist undoubtedly contained some big surprises. I can't defend all of them but, like Milkman, The Long Take and Everything Under, thi... READ MORE
Impossible to ignore
My initial reactions to this book were “what do these words mean” and “what is going on”? The first question was because the narrative is written from the ... READ MORE
Bittersweet
If you like contemporary fiction which addresses the reality of life in the UK then this is for you. Vivid, angry, compassionate and bittersweet. A enjoyab... READ MORE
In Our Mad and Furious City
This is a novel that was written in the wake of the murder of Lee Rigby, an off-duty soldier, in Woolwich. The fact that this murder is the lynchpin of t... READ MORE