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Fire Rush
- Narrated by: Leonie Elliott
- Length: 11 hrs and 3 mins
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Summary
Brought to you by Penguin.
London, 1978. Yamaye, a woman in her 20s unsure of who she is, but with dreams of being a DJ and MC. Yamaye lives for the weekend, when she can go raving with her friends at The Crypt, an underground club in the industrial town on the outskirts of London where she was born and raised.
Everything changes when she falls deeply in love with Moose: he offers the chance of freedom and change. When their relationship is cut brutally short, Yamaye goes on a dramatic journey of transformation that takes her first to Bristol, where she gets caught up in a criminal gang, and then to Jamaica, where past and present collide with devastating consequences.
Critic reviews
"I was blown away by Fire Rush - an exceptional and stunningly original novel by a major new writer...her mesmerising, imaginative and incantatory writing leaves us swaying to the bass of the visceral rhythms she so powerfully describes. By the end of the novel, I felt charged and changed and already longed to re-read it." (Bernardine Evaristo, Booker Prize-winning author of Girl, Woman, Other)
"This beautiful, sprawling narrative is wrought with an incredible precision and a musicality which carries every sentence. Crooks' novel haunts but make space for hope as well." (Caleb Azumah Nelson, author of Open Water)
"A brilliant, exuberant novel. Full of beauty, musicality and feminist power." (Irenosen Okojie, author of Nudibranch)
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- Terry Webber
- 20-04-23
Beautiful narration
Enjoyed the continued suspense Kept me fixed from beginning to end I love anything related to London Reminded me of a club I visited in Bayswater in the Seventies and how I unwittingly came close to the underground hidden life of the time. I see now how I had a narrow escape
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- Miss H
- 28-11-23
loved this story
the atmosphere and description took my back to years gone by. A great listen, narrator was brilliant
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- Kindle Customer
- 09-04-23
This is a book you feel and hear as much as read.
Yammaye is first generation British Caribbean. This novel charts the racism and police brutality, a back drop to life that forced people into to dark corners to find a sense of belonging. It is also a testament as to the lengths some women will go to to survive.
There is a Fire Rush inside us all. We just have to find it.
I particularly recommend the audio edition of this novel as it includes music which brings the narrative to life further.
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- Mary
- 31-05-23
Riveting!!!!!
loved the audio. Kept me captivated at wvery chapter. Felt the rhythm and beat of a windrush story within the characters, and historical experience of those that grew up in that era.
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- Celia
- 28-03-23
Gripping, evocative, exhilarating story
This is a mesmerising book, beautifully read. I could almost smell and taste it.
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- kate
- 04-03-24
Fabulous story and narration
Fabulous story read beautifully, totally immersed me in her life and times in England then Jamaica, I was shaking ma batty.
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- Ms Anne Reyersbach
- 30-07-23
Terrific narration
This poetically written story is exquisitely read and creates atmospheres with the text. It’s a fascinating story that, towards the end, I struggled with
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- kc
- 25-10-23
beautifully written, captivating story
the more I read the more I loved this book. I felt absolutely transported to the time its written in, despite the eras and locations being unfamiliar to me.
I found the narration a little stilted at first but less so the more the book went on.
overall I loved it.
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- Anonymous User
- 26-07-23
Best Performance in an Audiobook I’ve heard!
The story is wonderful and interesting, but the performance of this audiobook is absolutely outstanding! Best I’ve listened to!
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- Miss D A Waddell
- 19-11-23
Fantastic, mesmerising novel.
Dub raves, gangs, underground culture in 1970’s london… We follow Yamaye on her sexual and political awakening, from the gritty urban London and Bristol to the spellbinding mysticism of Jamaica. Where love and violence make twisted bed fellows and music constantly guides the way. It’s a cracking good read and an astounding debut
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