Book description
Brenton Brown is a 16-year old mixed race youth who has lived in a
children's home all his life. He has never met his mother and is
haunted by her loss. The best thing happens: Brenton is reunited with
his mother, Cynthia. And then 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 South London gangster who scars
him for life. Brenton vows to seek revenge leads to an explosive
climax, set against the music, humour and Caribbean rhythms of life
that survive within the troubled South London landscape of 198's Brixton.
Alex Wheatle, of Jamaican origin, was born in South London. He is a
founding member of the Crucial Rocker sound system, for whom he has
written lyrics for performance. Alex is now working with English PEN,
Booktrust and the Children's Discovery Centre to promote reading. His
other novels: Brenton Brown, The Dirty South, Island Song, East of Acre
Lane, The Seven Sisters and Checkers with Mark Parham. He was awarded an
MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours list for services to literature in
2008. He lives with his family in south London.
