SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2023SHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES DEBUT FICTION PRIZE 2023AN OBSERVER BEST DEBUT NOVEL OF THE YEARIt s time to dance, to love, to be free Mesmerising BERNARDINE EVARISTO, author of Girl, Woman, Other Fabulous MAGGIE O’FARRELL, author of Hamnet Beautiful CALEB AZUMAH NELSON, author of Open Water Yamaye lives for the weekend, when she can go raving with her friends at The Crypt, an underground club on the outskirts of London. Then everything changes. Yamaye meets Moose, who she falls deeply in love with, and who offers her the chance of freedom and escape.After their relationship is brutally cut short, Yamaye goes on a dramatic journey of transformation that leads her to Jamaica, where past and present collide with explosive consequences.SHORTLISTED FOR THE JHALAK PRIZE 2024SHORTLISTED FOR THE AUTHOR S CLUB BEST FIRST NOVEL AWARD 2024SHORTLISTED FOR THE PAUL TORDAY PRIZE 2024SHORTLISTED FOR THE Mc KITTERICK PRIZE 2024A SUNDAY TIMES AND GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR A wonderfully literary, musical and original novel about a culture and era that rarely makes the pages of fiction TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT Scorching We follow Yamaye through love, loss and peril, as she chases her dreams and connects with her heritage GUARDIAN Ambitious, atmospheric A novel of passion and anger SUNDAY TIMES A rich and rhythmic story about love and music i NEWS
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