"This ground-breaking and fearless debut shows how its young black protagonist tests the limits of sexual freedom."
This ground-breaking and fearless debut shows how its young black protagonist tests the limits of sexual freedom.
From the Eden of Jamaica to Wolverhampton in the 1950s, a Windrush couple and subsequent generations lament their decision to come to the UK. By 2002 we meet their grandson Jesse McCarthy, a naive young black man struggling to make a living in London as a rent boy.
It's a coming-of-age story that touches on Jesse's journey with sex, with race, with religion and we really do journey with him side by side. It's so wise and so accomplished that it's difficult to believe this is a debut. Paul Mendes is an exciting new voice and one we can't wait to read more of.
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