Booker Prize Book Club: 'If I Survive You' by Jonathan Escoffery

Join me for the tenth reading of my Booker Prize 2023 Longlist reading sprint :) 📚

An exhilarating novel-in-stories that pulses with style, heart and barbed humour, while unravelling what it means to carve out an existence between cultures, homes and pay cheques

In 1979, as political violence consumes their native Kingston, Topper and Sanya flee to Miami. But they soon learn that the welcome in America will be far from warm.

Trelawny, their youngest son, comes of age in a society that regards him with suspicion and confusion. Their eldest son Delano’s longing for a better future for his own children is equalled only by his recklessness in trying to secure it.

As both brothers navigate the obstacles littered in their path – an unreliable father, racism, a financial crisis and Hurricane Andrew – they find themselves pitted against one another. Will their rivalry be the thing that finally tears their family apart?

Join this reading to discuss and share insights in the company of fellow book enthusiasts. Whether you're just starting the book or have finished it cover-to-cover, come!

Reviews:
- 'Kaleidoscopic, urgent, hilarious, revelatory' Marlon James, author of A Brief History of Seven Killings 'Sumptuous and astute ... An absolute delight to read' Diana Evans, author of Ordinary People
- 'A compelling hurricane of a book' Ann Patchett, author of The Dutch House

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