Book description
As a child Lucas thought that all children who'd lost their parents
lived on water. Now a restless young man still living with his sister
Denise on their West London narrowboat, he determines to find out more
about the unexplained disappearance of his father, the charismatic
Jamaican dancer, Antoney Matheus.
Thus unfolds a journey from fifties Kingston to Sixties Notting Hill
and the host of unforgettable characters who peopled Antoney's
theatrical world, most importantly Carla, Lucas's mother. The result
is a haunting family mystery of absence and inheritance, the battle
between love and creativity, and what drives a young man to take flight...
Diana Evans was a dancer before becoming a journalist and author. She
has contributed to the
Independent
,
Marie Claire
, the
Guardian
, the
Observer
,
Harper's Bazaar
, the
Daily Telegraph
and many other publications, and holds an MA in creative writing from
the University of East Anglia. Her first novel,
26a
, received a Betty Trask award, a nomination for the Guardian First Book
Award and was shortlisted for the Whitbread First Novel of the Year
Award. It was the inaugural winner of the Orange Award for New Writers
and has been translated into twelve languages. She lives in London.
