People like us : or The other continent, or Johnny Wordcount stumbles into a high-end croissant bar on the Siene in search of The Kid & orders the big dream
Mott, Jason2025
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In People Like Us, two Black writers are trying to find peace and belonging in a world that is riven with gun violence. One is on a global book tour after a big prize win; the other is set to give a speech at a school that has suffered a shooting. And as their two storylines merge, truths and antics abound in equal measure: characters drink booze out of an award trophy; menaces lurk in the shadows; tiny French cars putter around the countryside; handguns seem to hover in the air; and dreams endure against all odds. People Like Us is wickedly funny and achingly sad all at once. It is an utter triumph bursting with larger-than-life characters who deliver a very real take on our world. This book contains characters experiencing deep loss and longing; it also is buoyed by riotous humour and characters who share the deepest love. It is the newest creation of a writer whose work amazes, delivering something utterly new yet instantly recognisable as a Jason Mott novel. Finishing the novel will leave you absolutely breathless and, at the same time, utterly filled with joy for life, changed forever by characters who are people like us.
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Author:
Mott, Jason, author
Imprint:
London : Trapeze, 2025.©2025
Collation:
270 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781398727618 (paperback)9781398727601 (hardback)
Dewey class:
813.6
Language:
English
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BRN:
488000