Long-listed for the 2018 Man Booker Prize Short-listed for the 2018 Gordon Burn Prize Short-listed for the 2018 Goldsmiths Prize Inspired by the real-life murder of a British army soldier by religious fanatics, Guy Gunaratne\'s In Our Mad and Furious City is a snapshot of the diverse, frenzied edges of modern-day London.
Written in the distinctive vernaculars of contemporary London, the novel challenges the ways in which we coexist now--and, more important, the ways in which we often fail to do so..
In Our Mad and Furious City documents the stark disparities and bubbling fury coursing beneath the prosperous surface of a City uniquely on the brink.
In a forty-eight-hour surge of extremism and violence, their lives are inexorably drawn together in the lead-up to an explosive, tragic climax.
Each voice is uniquely insightful, impassioned, and unforgettable, and when stitched together, they trace a brutal and vibrant tapestry of today\'s London.
While Selvon, Ardan, and Yusuf organize their lives around soccer, girls, and grime, Caroline and Nelson struggle to overcome pasts that haunt them.
A crackling debut from a vital new voice, it pulses with the frantic energy of the city\'s homegrown grime music and is animated by the youthful rage of a dispossessed, overlooked, and often misrepresented generation.
Long-listed for the 2018 Man Booker Prize Short-listed for the 2018 Gordon Burn Prize Short-listed for the 2018 Goldsmiths Prize Inspired by the real-life murder of a British army soldier by religious fanatics, Guy Gunaratne\'s In Our Mad and Furious City is a snapshot of the diverse, frenzied edges of modern-day London
