'Sensuous and thrillingly well written' Observer In the Black Country in the 1950s ex-boxer
Norman Alonso is a determined and humble Jamaican who has moved to Britain with his wife to
secure a brighter future for themselves and their children. At the turn of the millennium
Jesse seeks a fresh start in London - escaping from a broken immediate family a repressive
religious community and the desolate disempowered Black Country - but finds himself at a loss
for a new centre of gravity and turns to sex work to create new notions of love fatherhood
and spirituality. 'A fearless and hopeful account of one black man's entry into adulthood that
explores identity family and sexuality against the backdrop of the Windrush legacy . . . this
is a wonderful read from an exciting new voice in British fiction' Independent
