Set in Brixton, 20 years after the race riots, The Dirty South
follows the adventures of Bricky teenager Dennis Huggins as he
drifts into the easy, dangerous life of the shotta - or drug dealer
- and discovers that, hard as the struggle for respect on the
streets is, the struggle for love is harder still. At least Dennis
has involved parents looking out for him; too many of his friends
have no guidance other than that offered by their fellow shottaz,
or the dubiously motivated black Muslims. Wheatle brilliantly
evokes the temptations of the thug life for young black men growing
up in London's 'Dirty South' - a fast, compelling novel that offers
no easy answers, but refuses to shy away from asking the difficult
questions.
General
Imprint: |
Serpent's Tail
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
April 2009 |
Authors: |
Alex Wheatle
|
Dimensions: |
198 x 129 x 13mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - B-format
|
Pages: |
224 |
Edition: |
Main |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-84668-657-3 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
|
LSN: |
1-84668-657-1 |
Barcode: |
9781846686573 |
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