FOREST GATE. by Akinti, Peter.

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FOREST GATE.

Edition: First US printing, a trade paperback original.

New York: Free Press, (2010.). First edition - First novel by this young author, of Nigerian ancestry, raised in Forest Gate, London and now living in New York. A graphic, poetic and shattering story set among young Somalian refugees in the slums of London. Although drugs play a very significant role in the novel, Akinti wants to show that the tragedy of young men dying is about much more than that. This edition includes a reading guide and a question and answer section with the author. 210 pp. ISBN: 9781439172179.

Condition: Very near fine in illustrated wrappers (a new copy, but with a remainder line.)

Book ID: 48609
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