With the sharp and delectable music of its dialect the book grabs you by its teeth from the first page and never quite lets go This is an urgent novel of ideas constantly propelled by the narrators wildfire voice SAFIYA SINCLAIR GUARDIAN
From the Hawthornden Prizewinning author of An Olive Grove in Ends a powerful story of broken dreams and divided loyalties
Bristol 1980 In the tightknit neighbourhood of St Pauls 14yearold Jabari is proud of his position as the only son of revered community leader Ras Levi Raised in a world of sus laws and council neglect Jabari finds hope in his Rastafari faith which offers the comforting vision that one day he and his fellow believers will repatriate to the motherland where they will at last be free from oppression and prejudice
But in St Pauls a local firebrand activist has been arrested and violence soon overflows pulling both father and son into its maelstrom As Jabari rages against the iniquity a chance encounter with a young Black child gifts him an opportunity for justice or is it revenge
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