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When We Speak of Nothing (Paperback)
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When We Speak of Nothing (Paperback)
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Loot Price R312
Discovery Miles 3 120
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"Some of the women walked so slow they were, like, floating. For
real. Heads perfectly straight. Hips swaying, left, slow, right,
slow, step, slow. If you didn't concentrate you would think they
weren't moving at all, their bodies just hanging in space..."Best
mates Karl and Abu are both 17 and live near Kings Cross. Its 2011
and racial tensions are set to explode across London. Abu is
infatuated with gorgeous classmate Nalini but dares not speak to
her. Meanwhile, Karl is the target of the local "wannabe" thugs
just for being different. When Karl finds out his father lives in
Nigeria, he decides that Port Harcourt is the best place to escape
the sound and fury of London, and connect with a Dad he's never
known. Rejected on arrival, Karl befriends Nakale, an activist who
wants to expose the ecocide in the Niger Delta to the world, and
falls headlong for his feisty cousin Janoma. Meanwhile, the murder
of Mark Duggan triggers a full-scale riot in London. Abu finds
himself in its midst, leading to a near-tragedy that forces Karl to
race back home.When We Speak of Nothing launches a powerful new
voice onto the literary stage.The fluid prose, peppered with
contemporary slang, captures what it means to be young, black and
queer in London. If grime music were a novel, it would be this.
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