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Brixton Rock
Brixton Rock | Alex Wheatle
7 posts | 3 read | 5 to read
This rites of passage novel set in South London centres around the life of Brenton Brown, a 16-year old youth of mixed race who has lived in a children's home all his life. The best thing happens: Brenton is reunited with his mother, Cynthia. And the worst: he falls in love with his beautiful half-sister, Juliet. At the same time, Brenton meets his nemesis in the shape of Terry Flynn, a killer who scars him for life. Brenton seeks revenge and this leads to an explosive climax with the troubled teenager struggling to hold on to his sanity.
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TheEllieMo
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OriginalCyn620 👍🏻📚👍🏻 4y
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TheEllieMo
Brixton Rock | Alex Wheatle
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1. Tagged
2. A sort of peach/orange/turquoise/black/white abstract patterned affair
3. Been to Cheltenham Literature Festival today
4. Whistle - no; snap my fingers - yes
5. 👍🏻 💕

#FriyayIntro @howjessreads

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TheEllieMo
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Unlucky 13 books this month (though at 647 pages surely Midnight‘s Children counts as two?!) The tagged books was my favourite, Live a Little probably the one I liked least.

For people who like stats: 9 were by women, 2 by POC, and three were/are over-hyped

#SeptemberWrapUp

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TheEllieMo
Brixton Rock (Revised) | Alex Wheatle
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1. The Testaments by Margaret Atwood

2. Brixton Rock by Alex Wheatle

3. As much as I can get through for the authors I‘m seeing at Cheltenham Literature Festival! 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange Land, Night Boat to Tangier, Lanny, Little Fires Everywhere, The Binding, The Doll Factory, The Familiars... I may not get through everything in time 🙄

#WeekendReads
@rachelsbrittain

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TheEllieMo
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This book ❤️❤️ - 5⭐️. Not a score I give out very often. 4 stars is a good book, 5 is outstanding.

Brenton Brown, the son of a Jamaican mother and a white father, grew up in a children‘s home and now lives in a hostel in Brixton, living off his regular “G”. He longs to find his mother, to understand why she abandoned him. Faced constantly with racism, poverty and violence, he aims to pursue an education and find himself.

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TheEllieMo
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Alex Wheatle was imprisoned for his part in the Brixton Riots of 1981. He was encouraged by a cell mate to start reading and car about his education, and used his experiences in his early novels. In 2008 he was awarded an MBE for services to literature.

Not someone I‘ve read before but I think I will track down one of his books.

#IPredictARiot
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 @squirrelbrain

Emilymdxn I‘d never heard of him either but thanks for introducing me to him! Sounds like exactly the kind of writing we need more of in Britain right now 5y
squirrelbrain Yes I agree @Emilymdxn - sounds really interesting! 5y
Cinfhen Echoing @Emilymdxn @squirrelbrain ❣️❣️❣️ 5y
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quirkyreader
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This is from today's guardian. I am going to be keeping my eyes open for his works. Has anyone read his books?