Redemption song

by Alex Wheatle

Il tait trois heures du matin, Biscuit se faisait embarquer dans les quartiers coupe-gorge de South London. Il tait sur la banquette arrire, le cur battant flanqu sur sa droite d'une espce de grizzly comac du nom de Muttley, format George Foreman jeune, barbe et poils en tout genre sur la figure. Sur sa gauche, le dmoniaque rasta jacassant rpondait au sobriquet de Gueule-de-Rat. Sa tronche se plissait en un masque sadique quand un truc venait le drider. Nunchacks, le seigneur du crime Brixton, tait au volant parfaitement calme. Putain, comment je vais me tirer de ce traquenard songea Biscuit.

364 pages, Paperback

First published January 10, 2003

About the author

Alex Alphonso Wheatle was a British novelist, who was sentenced to a term of imprisonment after the 1981 Brixton riot in London.

Reviews

[astroneb · Rating 3 out of 5]

loved it, sadly read it in french, so the convo in “brixtonian” were written very cliché. but i really enjoyed this ghetto hero story, with mix of music, spirituality and politics
cant wait to be in london!!

[Valerie Harewood · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very good