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SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2023
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES DEBUT FICTION PRIZE 2023
AN OBSERVER BEST DEBUT NOVEL OF THE YEAR

It's time to dance, to love, to be free...

'Mesmerising' BERNARDINE EVARISTO, author of Girl, Woman, Other
'Fabulous' MAGGIE O'FARRELL, author of Hamnet
'Beautiful' CALEB AZUMAH NELSON, author of Open Water

Yamaye lives for the weekend, when she can go raving with her friends at The Crypt, an underground club on the outskirts of London. Then everything changes. Yamaye meets Moose, who she falls deeply in love with, and who offers her the chance of freedom and escape.

After their relationship is brutally cut short, Yamaye goes on a dramatic journey of transformation that leads her to Jamaica, where past and present collide with explosive consequences.

***A SUNDAY TIMES BEST NOVEL AND GUARDIAN BEST FICTION BOOK OF 2023***

'A wonderfully literary, musical and original novel about a culture and era that rarely makes the pages of fiction' TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT

'Scorching... We follow Yamaye through love, loss and peril, as she chases her dreams and connects with her heritage' GUARDIAN

'Ambitious, atmospheric... A novel of passion and anger' SUNDAY TIMES

'A rich and rhythmic story about love and music' I
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2023
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES DEBUT FICTION PRIZE 2023
AN OBSERVER BEST DEBUT NOVEL OF THE YEAR

It's time to dance, to love, to be free...

'Mesmerising' BERNARDINE EVARISTO, author of Girl, Woman, Other
'Fabulous' MAGGIE O'FARRELL, author of Hamnet
'Beautiful' CALEB AZUMAH NELSON, author of Open Water

Yamaye lives for the weekend, when she can go raving with her friends at The Crypt, an underground club on the outskirts of London. Then everything changes. Yamaye meets Moose, who she falls deeply in love with, and who offers her the chance of freedom and escape.

After their relationship is brutally cut short, Yamaye goes on a dramatic journey of transformation that leads her to Jamaica, where past and present collide with explosive consequences.

***A SUNDAY TIMES BEST NOVEL AND GUARDIAN BEST FICTION BOOK OF 2023***

'A wonderfully literary, musical and original novel about a culture and era that rarely makes the pages of fiction' TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT

'Scorching... We follow Yamaye through love, loss and peril, as she chases her dreams and connects with her heritage' GUARDIAN

'Ambitious, atmospheric... A novel of passion and anger' SUNDAY TIMES

'A rich and rhythmic story about love and music' I
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2023
Genre: Importe
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: 352 S.
ISBN-13: 9781787333642
ISBN-10: 1787333647
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Paperback
Autor: Crooks, Jacqueline
Hersteller: Random House Book Group Ltd.
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Petersen Buchimport GmbH, Vertrieb, Weidestr. 122a, D-22083 Hamburg, gpsr@petersen-buchimport.com
Maße: 215 x 135 x 25 mm
Von/Mit: Jacqueline Crooks
Erscheinungsdatum: 02.03.2023
Gewicht: 0,348 kg
Artikel-ID: 120561426

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