If I Survive You

*LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE* 'Kaleidoscopic, urgent, hilarious' MARLON JAMES 'An absolute delight' DIANA EVANS 'A talent to watch' OBSERVER 'Superb' PERCIVAL EVERETT 'A compelling hurricane of a book' ANN PATCHETT A major debut that follows a Jamaican family in Miami navigating recession, racism and Hurricane Andrew. 1979. Topper and Sanya flee to Miami as political violence consumes their native Kingston. Čítať ďalej ↓

But they soon learn that the welcome in America is far from warm. Trelawny, their youngest son, comes of age in a society which regards his racial ambiguity with suspicion, while their eldest son, Delano, becomes ever more reckless in his longing for a better future. As the brothers battle the many obstacles in their path - an unreliable father, racism, a financial crisis and Hurricane Andrew - they find themselves increasingly pitted against each other.
Will their rivalry be the thing that finally tears their family apart? *LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION* 'A debut so brilliant it stopped me in my tracks ... Astonishing' I NEWSPAPER 'Utterly unstoppable ... a book that you simply do not want to end' IRISH TIMES 'A commanding debut from a talent to watch' OBSERVER 'Sings with authenticity and heart' ANOTHER 'Astonishingly compact and engaging ...

Dazzling' JOYCE CAROL OATES A most anticipated Book of 2023 in AnOther Magazine, Huffington Post UK and i Newspaper