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In Our Mad and Furious City

Yazan: Guy Gunaratne
Seslendiren: Ben Bailey Smith, Lou Marie Kerr
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Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2018

In Our Mad and Furious City is an unforgettable portrait of 48 hours in the life of a housing estate, it was one of the most talked-about debuts of 2018 and will be devoured by fans of This is England or The Bricks That Built the Houses.

For Selvon, Ardan and Yusuf, growing up under the towers of Stones Estate, summer means what it does anywhere: football, music, 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.

Provocative, raw, poetic yet tender, In Our Mad and Furious City announces the arrival of a major new talent in fiction.

©2018 Guy Gunaratne (P)2018 Headline Publishing Group Ltd Genre Fiction Kurgu Literary Fiction
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"A vivid and affecting account of estate life, both blighted by frustration and elevated by dreams we can all recognise and share." (Stephen Kelman, author of Pigeon English)

"Original, honest voices and a vivid portrayal of a London rarely seen in literature." (Paula Hawkins)

"A love letter to London's streets." (Stylist)
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As an immigrant the subject matter is of great interest to me - a safe read for Guardian reading middle class people who forgot to check in. on what's really happening in the streets - characterisation is conceptually great, but in reality a tad dull - writing is mediocre - it may not have meant to be, but it came across as stereotypical and predictable. I stopped reading it half way through as I felt I was being talked down to... shame - brilliant idea for a book - clever narrative structure - needed to be re-draughted a few more times before going to print in my humble opinion...

Excellent Subject Matter

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I love this book. I've not felt so instantly like I'm reading something special since discovering Catcher in the Rye. it's so beautifully told that I knowing what happens in the book wouldn't really diminish it's enjoyment. how this book is written and how the story unfolds through first person accounts is stunning

beautiful, poignant, authentic, relevant

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I listened to this book while living abroad and feeling homesick for London. (Which may strike those who already know the story as amusing, due to its tense content!) Not a relaxing listen, but fascinating and addictive. The character stick in your head. Do give it a go!

Brilliant, brutal, accurate

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An authentic and wonderfully narrated book. As a northerner of Irish descent who lived in London for many years, I could easily understand the the street language and clearly visualise the Stones Estate and surrounding streets. Beautifully written, wonderful rhythm to the words. Can't wait to see what this author comes up with next.

Loved it

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Essential to remind the older Londoner of the struggle for our younger generation and the fact that they have to learn their own lessons. Beautiful poetic writing with exquisite pace. Impossible to put down from start to finish

Full of heartbreaking poetry

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