SHORTLISTED FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES CHARLOTTE AITKEN YOUNG WRITER OF THE YEAR AWARD
'With the sharp and delectable music of its dialect, the book grabs you by its teeth from the first page and never quite lets go . . . This is an urgent novel of ideas, constantly propelled by the narrator's wildfire voice' SAFIYA SINCLAIR, GUARDIAN
'Raw, witty and exuberant' - THE BEST PAPERBACK BOOKS OF 2025 - JANUARY'S PICKS, The Times
From the Hawthornden Prize-winning author of An Olive Grove in Ends, a powerful story of broken dreams and divided loyalties
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?
Praise for An Olive Grove in Ends:
'Tough yet tender' Observer - 10 Best Debut Novelists of 2022
''Luminous' Cherie Jones
'Moses' talent is off the scale' Donal Ryan
'Remarkable' Nathan Harris
'Consummately crafted' Patrick McCabe
Rezensionen / Stimmen
Vivid, witty, exuberant . . . an electric novel about black boyhood * 80 BEST BOOKS TO TAKE ON HOLIDAY THIS SUMMER, The Times * [The] quicksilver sense of ingenuity and battle-worn verve born of necessity to Caribbean people is at the heart of this compelling new novel by Moses McKenzie. Fast by the Horns is a fascinating depiction of Black immigrant life and Rasta boyhood in 1980s England. With the sharp and delectable music of its dialect, the book grabs you by its teeth from the first page and never quite lets go. At its best, this is an urgent novel of ideas, constantly propelled by the narrator's wildfire voice, written almost exclusively in beautiful Rastafari vernacular . . . Here is a love letter to the Windrush generation who came to fight and build and labour for a nation who then left them the bleak, shelled remnants of the city after the second world war, and the scorn of their fellow citizens. Fast by the Horns is a rallying cry for these immigrants. But at its most tender, it's also about their unsutured wounds . . . I only wished to stay with the captivating spirit of Jabari, in his familiar loneliness and the dark torch of his boyish questioning, for just a bit longer. -- Safiya Sinclair * Guardian * Full of lyrical energy and restless invention * The Sunday Times * Moses McKenzie was only 21 when he wrote his vivid, lyrical debut novel, An Olive Grove in Ends (2022), about a young black Bristolian boy. Fast by the Horns goes back to 1980, to an explosive moment in Bristol's history, when Afro-Caribbean residents of St Pauls clashed with the police. It's narrated in a propulsive patois by 14-year-old Jabari, whose father, a revered Rastafarian community leader, has been thrown in a police cell. Raw, witty and exuberant, Fast by the Horns is nominated for this year's Sunday Times Charlotte Aitken Young Writer of the Year Award. * BEST PAPERBACKS OF 2025, The Times *
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Headline Publishing Group
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Höhe: 196 mm
Breite: 128 mm
Dicke: 20 mm
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978-1-4722-8320-7 (9781472283207)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
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.
