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Pigeon English
Stephen Kelman
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Publisher:
House of Anansi Press Inc
House of Anansi Press Inc
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Watermark
Publication Year:
2011
2011
ISBN-13:
9781770890237
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<p><strong>"Pigeon English is a triumph." -- Emma Donoghue, author of <em>Room</em></strong></p>
<p><strong>Shortlisted for the 2011 Man Booker Prize and the 2011 Guardian First Book Award</strong></p>
<p>Eleven-year-old Harrison Opoku is the second best runner in the whole of Year 7. Harri races through his new life in England in his Adidas trainers - blissfully unaware of the threats around him. With equal fascination for the local gang - the Dell Farm Crew - and the pigeon who visits his balcony, Harri absorbs the many strange elements of his new home: watching, listening, and learning the tricks of inner-city survival. But when a boy is knifed to death, Harri starts a murder investigation of his own and endangers the fragile web his mother has spun around her family to keep them safe.</p>
<p>A story of innocence and experience, hope and harsh reality, <em>Pigeon English</em> is a superb portrayal of a boy balancing on the edge of manhood and of the forces around him that try to shape who he becomes.</p>
<p><strong>Shortlisted for the 2011 Man Booker Prize and the 2011 Guardian First Book Award</strong></p>
<p>Eleven-year-old Harrison Opoku is the second best runner in the whole of Year 7. Harri races through his new life in England in his Adidas trainers - blissfully unaware of the threats around him. With equal fascination for the local gang - the Dell Farm Crew - and the pigeon who visits his balcony, Harri absorbs the many strange elements of his new home: watching, listening, and learning the tricks of inner-city survival. But when a boy is knifed to death, Harri starts a murder investigation of his own and endangers the fragile web his mother has spun around her family to keep them safe.</p>
<p>A story of innocence and experience, hope and harsh reality, <em>Pigeon English</em> is a superb portrayal of a boy balancing on the edge of manhood and of the forces around him that try to shape who he becomes.</p>
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