If I Survive You

Condition: BRAND NEW ISBN: 9780008501228 Author(s): Jonathan Escoffery Format: Paperback Language: English Year: 2022 Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Pages: 272

Description: SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2023 BOOKER PRIZEA?DazzlingA? GUARDIANA?BlisteringA? THE TIMES'A delight' DIANA EVANSA?Fiction written at the highest levelA? ANN 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.A?What are you?A?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. ItA?s not just his neighbours, his Jamaican parents Topper and Sanya donA?t seem to understand him either. Then thereA?s 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 A? a woefully unreliable father, racism, recession and even a hurricane A? they find themselves increasingly at odds. Will they make it through together or must one brotherA?s future come at the cost of the other?Shortlisted for the 2024 Gordon Burn PrizeA?An astonishingly assured debut novel A?¦ clarity, variety and fizzing proseA? BOOKER PRIZE JUDGESA?So damn funnyA? RUMAAN ALAMA?AstonishingA? I NEWSPAPER'Utterly unstoppableA? IRISH TIMESWhat readers say:A?So good it was hard to put downA?A?Humour, real feeling A?¦ totally recommendA?A?So engrossing and entertainingA?A?A must readA?

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