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Product details
- ISBN 9781846592157
- Weight: 395g
- Dimensions: 126 x 197mm
- Publication Date: 03 Mar 2022
- Publisher: Saqi Books
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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Alfred White, a London park-keeper, rules his home with a mixture of ferocity and tenderness that has estranged his three children. But family ties are strong, and when Alfred collapses on duty one day, they rush to be with him. His daughter's partner, Elroy, a black social worker, is brought face to face with Alfred's younger son Dirk, who hates and fears all black people. The scene is set for violence, and Alfred's wife May is forced to choose between justice and kinship. This ground-breaking novel tackles the taboo subject of racial hatred, as it looks for the roots of violence within one British family.
Maggie Gee is the author of thirteen acclaimed novels, which have been translated into more than fourteen languages, including The Red Children, The White Family (shortlisted for the Orange and IMPAC prizes) and My Cleaner, and a memoir, My Animal Life. She is a Fellow and Vice-President of the Royal Society of Literature, and a Professor of Creative Writing at Bath Spa University. Gee was awarded an OBE in 2012 for her services to literature.
