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Sugar Street
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- Book Synopsis
- 'An original and fascinating concept that'll keep you hooked and turning the pages' Sunday Post 'Expertly done' The Times '[A] compelling, original novel' Independent In Jonathan Dee's explosive novel, an unnamed male narrator has hit the road with a large sum of cash stashed under his car seat. Vigilantly avoiding security cameras, he drives until he meets a city where his past is unlikely to track him down. Renting a room from a less-than-stable landlady whose need for money outweighs her desire to ask questions, he seems to have escaped his former self. But can he? In a story that moves with swift dark humour and insight, Dee takes us through his narrator's attempt to disavow his former life of privilege and enter a blameless new existence. Having opted out of his material possessions and human connections, the pillars of his new self - simplicity, kindness, and above all invisibility - grow shakier as he butts up against the daily lives of his neighbours in their politically divided working-class city. Sugar Street is a risky, engrossing and visceral story about a white man trying to escape his own troubling footprint and start his life over.
- About The Author
- Jonathan Dee is the author of seven novels, including The Locals, A Thousand Pardons, and The Privileges, which was a finalist for the 2011 Pulitzer Prize. A recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation, he teaches in the graduate writing program at Syracuse University.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781472151995
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Corsair, (05 October 2023)
- Number of Pages
- 224
- Weight
- 182 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 196 x 126 x 14 mm
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