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SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2023 BOOKER PRIZE ?_~Dazzling?_T GUARDIAN ?_~Blistering?_T THE TIMES 'A delight' DIANA EVANS ?_~Fiction written at the highest level?_T ANN PATCHETT 'Hilarious, revelatory' MARLON JAMES An electrifying, hilarious and deeply moving tragicomic debut novel following a Jamaican family grappling with a new life in the US. ?_~What are you??_T This is the puzzled question that greets a young Trelawny growing up in a Miami where his racial ambiguity is regarded with confusion and suspicion. It?_Ts not just his neighbours, his Jamaican parents Topper and Sanya don?_Tt seem to understand him either. Then there?_Ts his stubborn older brother Delano, who is determined to secure a better future for his own children, no matter what it takes. As both brothers navigate the challenges littered in their path ?_" a woefully unreliable father, racism, recession and even a hurricane ?_" they find themselves increasingly at odds. Will they make it through together or must one brother?_Ts future come at the cost of the other? ?_~An astonishingly assured debut novel ?_? clarity, variety and fizzing prose?_T BOOKER PRIZE JUDGES ?_~So damn funny?_T RUMAAN ALAM ?_~Astonishing?_T I NEWSPAPER 'Utterly unstoppable?_T IRISH TIMES What readers say: ?_~So good it was hard to put down?_T ?_~Humour, real feeling ?_? totally recommend?_T ?_~So engrossing and entertaining?_T ?_~A must read?_T
Binding: Hardback
Binding: Hardback