But one sweltering summer night the hopes of all three are violently, irrevocably cut short. While Francis aspires to a future in music, Michael dreams of Aisha, the smartest girl in their school, whose eyes are firmly set on a life elsewhere. Coming of age in the outskirts of a sprawling city, the brothers battle against careless prejudices and low expectations. Michael and Francis are the bright, ambitious sons of Trinidadian immigrants.
LONGLISTED FOR THE SCOTIABANK GILLER PRIZE LONGLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL FICTION WINNER OF THE ROGERS WRITERS' TRUST FICTION PRIZE
'A brilliant, powerful elegy from a living brother to a lost one, yet pulsing with rhythm, and beating with life' Marlon James, Winner of the Man Booker Prize
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