Locks

<p><b>'Blends humour and introspection, poetry and the poignant'</b> - Derek Owusu<br><b>'Irreverent, authentic and utterly enthralling. A wonderful book' </b>- Jimmy McGovern<br><b>'Twisty, energetic, voice-led . . . Nugent is pure talent'</b> - Raymond Antrobus<br><br>Aeon, a mixed-up and mixed-race teenager from a leafy Liverpool suburb, is desperate to find his Black roots. He needs to understand the Black identity foisted upon him by his friends and his community. To his growing shame, the only Black people in his life are his dad and his cousin, Increase &ndash; but they don&rsquo;t count. Aeon&rsquo;s dad is intent on ignoring race and climbing the social ladder. And Increase has taken to demeaning all Black culture since the shady and unresolved death of his father, a Yardie gangster.<br><br>Aeon&rsquo;s ambition to find his place in the world &ndash; to mak