Pigeon English

Pigeon English by Stephen Kelman


ISBN
9781408815687
Published
Released
02 / 04 / 2012
Binding
Paperback
Pages
288
Dimensions
129 x 198 x 18mm

Deeply funny, moving, idiosyncratic and unforgettable - introduces a major new literary talent. Pigeon English was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2011.

Eleven-year-old Harrison Opoku, the second best runner in Year 7, races through his new life in England with his personalised trainers - the Adidas stripes drawn on with marker pen - blissfully unaware of the very real threat around him. Newly-arrived from Ghana with his mother and older sister Lydia, Harri absorbs the many strange elements of city life, from the bewildering array of Haribo sweets, to the frightening, fascinating gang of older boys from his school.
But his life is changed forever when one of his friends is murdered. As the victim's nearly new football boots hang in tribute on railings behind fluorescent tape and a police appeal draws only silence, Harri decides to act, unwittingly endangering the fragile web his mother has spun around her family to keep them safe.
'Pigeon English is a book to fall in love with: a funny book, a true book, a shattering book' The Times
'The humour, the resilience, the sheer ebullience of its narrato - a hero for our time - should ensure the book becomes, deservedly, a classic.' Mail on Sunday
'Filled with energy, humour & compassion, Pigeon English is a gut-wrenchingly sad novel that makes you laugh out loud' Guardian
'Harri's impressions of life in Peckham have the arresting, spot-on accuracy that only a child's can' Canberra Times
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