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Book SynopsisWINNER OF THE SAGA PRIZE 1997: a literary award for trailblazing new Black British novelists
''A quietly outstanding work of fiction . . . an exemplary novel'' Bernardine Evaristo
A shattering portrayal of family, guilt and unshakable bonds as a family''s deepest secrets explosively unravel
When Anita finally returns home to London after a long absence, everything has changed.
Her father is dead, her mother is away, and she and her sister Beth are alone together for the first time in years.
They share a house. They share a family. They share a past.
Tentatively, they reach out to one another for connection, but the house echoes with words unspoken.
Dazzling and heart-breaking, Bernard and the Cloth Monkey is a searing portrait of family, a rebellion against silence and a testament to the human capacity for survival.
Selected by Booker Prize-winning author Bernardine E
Trade Review
Bernard and the Cloth Monkey is the story of navigating adulthood with the weight of a marred and difficult childhood still straining familiar relationships . . . An important contribution to the literary landscape * Bad Form *
[Bernard and the Cloth Monkey] crosses boundaries in what it's prepared to talk about, and it does that without melodrama or sensationalism . . . It's absolutely beautifully written. I was so drawn to the prose, to the rhythms of the prose -- Jacqueline Roy * Five Books *
A quietly outstanding work of fiction . . . an exemplary novel -- Bernardine Evaristo
