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Brixton Rock
Alex Wheatle
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Description for Brixton Rock
Paperback.
"Pacy; witty; his characters are real and recognisable" LINTON KWESI JOHNSON
"Alex Wheatle is the real deal; he writes with heart and authenticity, books that make you laugh and worry and cry and hold your breath" KIT DE WAAL
"Alex Wheatle writes from a place of honesty and passion" STEVE McQUEEN, director of Small Axe
South London in the 1980s. Sixteen-year-old Brenton Brown is the mixed-race child of a mother he has never met. He's been living in a children's home all his life, and when he is unexpectedly reunited with his mother, Cynthia, his whole ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2022
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781529428858
SKU
9781529428858
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-2
About Alex Wheatle
Alex Wheatle MBE was born in South London in 1963 and is an accomplished and award-winning author of more than a dozen books, including children's and young adult novels. The story of his teenage years was the basis of Steve McQueen's "Alex Wheatle" in the Small Axe series (December 2020), and he has written and performed a play about his ... Read more
Reviews for Brixton Rock
Brixton Rock is a pacey document of teenage angst ... which is why the pockets of humour prove to be such a triumph. This is a debut which confirms its author is a pro in prose
The Times
The novel's real strength lies in the dialogue. Wheatle gives us a fascinating snapshot of Black English in the early ... Read more
The Times
The novel's real strength lies in the dialogue. Wheatle gives us a fascinating snapshot of Black English in the early ... Read more