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An unforgettable portrait of London and one of the most talked about debuts of all time!

'The almost preposterous talent was clear from the first pages' Guardian

On New Years Day 1975, the day of his almost-suicide, life said yes to Archie Jones. Not OK or 'You-might-as-well-carry-on-since-you've-started'. A resounding affirmative.

Promptly seizing his second life by the horns, Archie meets and marries Clara Bowden, a Caribbean girl twenty-eight years his junior.

Thus begins a tale of friendship, of love and war, of three culture and three families over three generations . . .

*****

'Street-smart and learned, sassy and philosophical all at the same time' New York Times

'Outstanding' Sunday Telegraph

'An astonishingly assured début, funny and serious . . . I was delighted' Salman Rushdie

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An unforgettable portrait of London and one of the most talked about debuts of all time!'The almost preposterous talent was... Read more

    Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
    Publication Date: 25/01/2001
    ISBN13: 9780140276336, 978-0140276336
    ISBN10: 0140276335

    Number of Pages: 560

    Fiction , Contemporary Fiction

    Description

    An unforgettable portrait of London and one of the most talked about debuts of all time!

    'The almost preposterous talent was clear from the first pages' Guardian

    On New Years Day 1975, the day of his almost-suicide, life said yes to Archie Jones. Not OK or 'You-might-as-well-carry-on-since-you've-started'. A resounding affirmative.

    Promptly seizing his second life by the horns, Archie meets and marries Clara Bowden, a Caribbean girl twenty-eight years his junior.

    Thus begins a tale of friendship, of love and war, of three culture and three families over three generations . . .

    *****

    'Street-smart and learned, sassy and philosophical all at the same time' New York Times

    'Outstanding' Sunday Telegraph

    'An astonishingly assured début, funny and serious . . . I was delighted' Salman Rushdie

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