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NEWLY ARRIVED FROM GHANA WITH HIS MOTHER AND OLDER SISTER, ELEVEN-YEAR-OLD HARRISON OPOKU LIVES ON THE NINTH FLOOR OF A BLOCK OF FLATS ON A LONDON HOUSING ESTATE. THE SECOND BEST RUNNER IN THE WHOLE OF YEAR 7, HARRI RACES THROUGH HIS NEW LIFE IN HIS PERSONALISED TRAINERS - THE ADIDAS STRIPES DRAWN ON WITH MARKER PEN - BLISSFULLY UNAWARE OF THE VERY REAL THREAT ALL AROUND HIM. WITH EQUAL FASCINATION FOR THE LOCAL GANG - THE DELL FARM CREW - AND THE PIGEON WHO VISITS HIS BALCONY, HARRI ABSORBS THE MANY STRANGE ELEMENTS OF HIS NEW LIFE IN ENGLAND: WATCHING, LISTENING, AND LEARNING THE TRICKS OF INNER-CITY SURVIVAL. BUT WHEN A BOY IS KNIFED TO DEATH ON THE HIGH STREET AND A POLICE APPEAL FOR WITNESSES DRAWS ONLY SILENCE, HARRI DECIDES TO START A MURDER INVESTIGATION OF HIS OWN. IN DOING SO, HE UNWITTINGLY ENDANGERS THE FRAGILE WEB HIS MOTHER HAS SPUN AROUND HER FAMILY TO TRY AND KEEP THEM SAFE. A STORY OF INNOCENCE AND EXPERIENCE, HOPE AND HARSH REALITY, PIGEON ENGLISH IS A SPELLBINDING PORTRAYAL OF A BOY BALANCING ON THE EDGE OF MANHOOD AND OF THE FORCES AROUND HIM THAT TRY TO SHAPE THE WAY HE FALLS.
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Newly arrived from Ghana with his mother and older sister, eleven-year-old Harrison Opoku lives on the ninth floor of a block of flats on a London housing estate. The second best runner in the whole of Year 7, Harri races through his new life in his personalised trainers - the Adidas stripes drawn on with marker pen - blissfully unaware of the very real threat all around him. With equal fascination for the local gang - the Dell Farm Crew - and the pigeon who visits his balcony, Harri absorbs the many strange elements of his new life in England: watching, listening, and learning the tricks of inner-city survival. But when a boy is knifed to death on the high street and a police appeal for witnesses draws only silence, Harri decides to start a murder investigation of his own. In doing so, he unwittingly endangers the fragile web his mother has spun around her family to try and keep them safe. A story of innocence and experience, hope and harsh reality, Pigeon English is a spellbinding portrayal of a boy balancing on the edge of manhood and of the forces around him that try to shape the way he falls.
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`Simultaneously accurate and fantastical, this boy's love letter to the world made me laugh and tremble all the way through. Pigeon English is a triumph' * Emma Donoghue, author of Room * 'Pigeon English is a book to fall in love with: a funny book, a true book, a shattering book' * Erica Wagner, The Times * 'Stephen Kelman's [first novel] has a powerful story, a pacy plot and engaging characters. It paints a vivid portrait with honesty, sympathy and wit, of a much neglected milieu, and it addresses urgent social questions. It is horrifying, tender and funny ... Brilliant' * Daily Telegraph * 'The humour, the resilience, the sheer ebullience of its narrator - a hero for our times - should ensure the book becomes, deservedly, a classic' * Daily Mail *
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- PublisherBloomsbury Paperbacks
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 1408826143
- ISBN 13 9781408826140
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