Witness
Quick Reads 2022
Published on 14. April 2022
Book
Paperback/Softback
96 pages
978-1-78816-834-2 (ISBN)
Description
To tell the truth? Or protect his family?
Cornell is having a bad time. Kicked out of secondary school for a fight he didn't start, he finds himself in a Pupil Referral Unit. Here he makes friends with one of the Sinclair family. You don't mess with the Sinclairs, and when Ryan Sinclair demands Cornell comes with him to teach another student some respect, Ryan witnesses something that will change his life.
Torn between protecting his family and himself, Cornell has one hell of a decision to make.
This is published as part of the Quick Reads series, which aims to share the joy of reading with adults who are improving their literacy. It is Alex Wheatle at his best: a thrilling, pacy story that is full of moral complexity and insight into gang violence.
Cornell is having a bad time. Kicked out of secondary school for a fight he didn't start, he finds himself in a Pupil Referral Unit. Here he makes friends with one of the Sinclair family. You don't mess with the Sinclairs, and when Ryan Sinclair demands Cornell comes with him to teach another student some respect, Ryan witnesses something that will change his life.
Torn between protecting his family and himself, Cornell has one hell of a decision to make.
This is published as part of the Quick Reads series, which aims to share the joy of reading with adults who are improving their literacy. It is Alex Wheatle at his best: a thrilling, pacy story that is full of moral complexity and insight into gang violence.
Reviews / Votes
A sharp-eyed observer . . . he fills every page with hard-boiled authenticity -- Courttia Newland * Guardian * Wheatle conjures up a slice of Black South London that is authentic, witty and gritty * The Times *More details
Edition
Main
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Profile Books Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Dimensions
Height: 196 mm
Width: 128 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight
80 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78816-834-2 (9781788168342)
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Person
Alex Wheatle was born in 1963 to Jamaican parents living in Brixton. He spent most of his childhood in a Surrey children's home. He returned to Brixton in 1977 where he founded the Crucial Rocker sound system, performed his own songs and lyrics under the name of Yardman Irie and later became known as the Brixtonbard. Alex's first novel, Brixton Rock, was published to critical acclaim in 1999 and twelve more highly praised novels have followed.