SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2023 BOOKER PRIZE
âDazzlingâGUARDIAN
âBlisteringâTHE TIMES
'A delight'DIANA EVANS
âFiction written at the highest levelâANN 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.
âWhat are you?â
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. Itâs not just his neighbours, his Jamaican parents Topper and Sanya donât seem to understand him either. Then thereâs 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 â a woefully unreliable father, racism, recession and even a hurricane â they find themselves increasingly at odds. Will they make it through together or must one brotherâs future come at the cost of the other?
Shortlisted for the 2024 Gordon Burn Prize
âAn astonishingly assured debut novel ⊠clarity, variety and fizzing proseâBOOKER PRIZE JUDGES
âSo damn funnyâRUMAAN ALAM
âAstonishingâI NEWSPAPER
'Utterly unstoppableâIRISH TIMES
What readers say:
âSo good it was hard to put downâ
âHumour, real feeling ⊠totally recommendâ
âSo engrossing and entertainingâ
âA must readâ