This title is longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2011
It's been fourteen years since Jinx's mother was brutally stabbed to death in their home in East London. Then, out of nowhere, Lemon arrives on her doorstep. An old friend of her mother's, he wants to revisit the events leading to that terrible night. Over the course of one weekend they strip away the layers of the past to lay bare a story full of jealousy and tragic betrayal. Narrated with a distinct and fiery spice, Jinx and Lemon must find their own paths to redemption in this stunning debut novel.
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"Outstanding yet heartbreaking book about a girl, her mother, her mother's boyfriend and killer, the boyfriend's best friend, and how they were all too crippled to experience intimacy. The ripples of trauma across generations. " — Catherine (4 out of 5 stars)
"Outstanding yet heartbreaking book about a girl, her mother, her mother's boyfriend and killer, the boyfriend's best friend, and how they were all too crippled to experience intimacy. The ripples of trauma across generations. "
" Excellent writing!! Intense emotions, cultural issues- Great book for discussion- very deep!! We need to read this for LFPC group!!- wow- heart pounding- coming of age- story! "
" A beautifully crafted debut novel. Thoroughly engrossing. A deft interweaving of cultural diversity drawing on Caribbean and east London influences. "
" Some good stuff, but overwrought and melodramatic at times. "
" Best of the Man Booker Long List I have read so far. Gripping, thoughtful and well written. "
" This book gives an insight into the feelings and motivations of Shakespeare's Iago. Lemon pulls the strings and moves the charactersin ways that would leave a chess master in check before he makes his second move. "
Adjoa Andoh is an Audie Award and Earphones Award–winning narrator and an actress of British film, television, stage, and radio. In 2022, she was awarded the AudioFile Golden Voice Award. She is known on the UK stage for lead roles at the RSC, the National Theatre, the Royal Court Theatre, and the Almeida Theatre, and she is a familiar face on British television. She made her Hollywood debut starring as Nelson Mandela’s chief of staff, Brenda Mazikubo, alongside Morgan Freeman as Mandela in Clint Eastwood’s Invictus.
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