Fast by the Horns: The hotly anticipated second novel from the prizewinning author of An Olive Grove in Ends - Hardcover

McKenzie, Moses

 
9781472283160: Fast by the Horns: The hotly anticipated second novel from the prizewinning author of An Olive Grove in Ends

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From the Hawthornden Prize-winning author of An Olive Grove in Ends, a powerful story of broken dreams and divided loyalties

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Moses McKenzie is of Caribbean descent and grew up in Bristol, where his first two novels are set. His debut novel, An Olive Grove in Ends, which Moses wrote at the age of twenty-one, won the prestigious Hawthornden Prize for Literature in 2023; it was also listed as a Guardian Novel of the Year 2022 and shortlisted for the Writers' Guild Best First Novel Award 2023. Moses was named one of The Observer's 10 Must-Read Debut Novelists of 2022, and won the inaugural Soho House Breakthrough Writer Award the same year. He is currently working on the TV adaptation of An Olive Grove in Ends. His second novel, Fast by the Horns, was published in May 2024.

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Praise for AN OLIVE GROVE IN ENDS:

'Luminous prose, rendered with sensitivity and without sentimentalism. An astonishing debut' Cherie Jones, author of HOW THE ONE-ARMED SISTER SWEEPS HER HOUSE

'Announcing the arrival of a promising 23-year-old author whose work is wise beyond his years' GUARDIAN

'A remarkable debut, bristling with sharp prose and daring originality' Nathan Harris, author of THE SWEETNESS OF WATER

'A phenomenally good novel, tense and thrilling and complex, with breath-stealing moments on every page' Donal Ryan, author of THE SPINNING HEART

'This consummately crafted work can only be a harbinger of a stellar and truly significant career. I urge you to read it' Patrick McCabe, author of THE BUTCHER BOY

'Engrossing . . . A tough yet tender story of faith and friendship' OBSERVER

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Bristol, 1980. In the tight-knit neighbourhood of St. Pauls, 14-year-old Jabari is proud of his position as the only son of revered community leader Ras Levi. Raised in a world of sus laws and council neglect, Jabari finds hope in his Rastafari faith, which offers the comforting vision that one day he and his fellow believers will repatriate to the motherland, where they will at last be free from oppression and prejudice.

But in St Pauls a local firebrand activist has been arrested, and violence soon overflows, pulling both father and son into its maelstrom. As Jabari rages against the iniquity, a chance encounter with a young Black child gifts him an opportunity for justice - or is it revenge?

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ISBN 10:  1472283201 ISBN 13:  9781472283207
Verlag: Wildfire, 2025
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