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