{"product_id":"in-our-mad-and-furious-city-a-novel","title":"In Our Mad and Furious City: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Guy Gunaratne\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTitle:\u003c\/b\u003e In Our Mad and Furious City: A Novel\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber Of Pages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 2018-12-11\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetails:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eLong-listed for the 2018 Man Booker Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eShort-listed for the 2018 Gordon Burn Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInspired by the real-life murder of a British army soldier by religious fanatics, and the rampant burning of mosques that followed, Guy Gunaratne's \u003ci\u003eIn Our Mad and Furious City\u003c\/i\u003e is a snapshot of the diverse, frenzied edges of modern-day London. A crackling debut from a vital new voice, it pulses with the frantic energy of the city's homegrown grime music and is animated by the youthful rage of a dispossessed, overlooked, and often misrepresented generation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhile Selvon, Ardan, and Yusuf organize their lives around soccer, girls, and grime, Caroline and Nelson struggle to overcome pasts that haunt them. Each voice is uniquely insightful, impassioned, and unforgettable, and when stitched together, they trace a brutal and vibrant tapestry of today's London. In a forty-eight-hour surge of extremism and violence, their lives are inexorably drawn together in the lead-up to an explosive, tragic climax.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn Our Mad and Furious City\u003c\/i\u003e documents the stark, discordant disparities and bubbling fury coursing beneath the prosperous surface of a city uniquely on the brink. Written in the distinctive vernaculars of contemporary London, the novel challenges the ways in which we coexist now--and, more importantly, the ways in which we often fail to do so.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEAN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374175771\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguages:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Guy Gunaratne","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53356305187123,"sku":"9780374175771","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0949\/3636\/7411\/files\/9780374175771.jpg?v=1778843580","url":"https:\/\/bookabaloo.com\/products\/in-our-mad-and-furious-city-a-novel","provider":"Bookabaloo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}