Brixton Rock

Alex Wheatle


Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
3.83 · 6 ratings · 274 pages · Published: 06 Apr 1999

Brixton Rock by Alex Wheatle
"A debut which confirms its author a pro in prose" The Times "The novel's real strentgh lies in the dialogue. Wheatle gives us a fascinating snapshot of blak English in the early eighties" The Daily Telegraph In this updated version of the prize-winning original, Alex Wheatle entertains us with his colourful descriptions of South London Street life as he tracks a pare of adolescent males on the loose. Set in South London in the 1980's Brenton Brown is a 16 yearold mixed race youth who has lived in a children's home all his life. He has never met hismother and is haunted by her lost.

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