In our mad and furious city

ISBN: 9780374175771 (paperback)
Physical Description: print regular print 278 pages ; 19 cm
Edition: First American edition.
Publisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2018.
Copyright: &copy;2018

Gunaratne, Guy 1984- (author.).

Summary: 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. While Selvon, Ardan, and Yusuf organize their lives around soccer, girls, and grime, Caroline and Nelson struggle to overcome pasts that haunt them. Each voice is uniquely insightful, impassioned, and unforgettable, and when stitched together, they trace a brutal and vibrant tapestry of today's London. In a forty-eight-hour surge of extremism and violence, these characters' lives are inexorably drawn together in the lead-up to an explosive, tragic climax.