An Olive Grove in Ends

ONE OF THE OBSERVER''S 10 MUST-READ DEBUT NOVELISTS OF 2022
A GUARDIAN NOVEL OF THE YEAR 2022
WINNER: HAWTHORNDEN PRIZE 2023; SOMERSET MAUGHAM AWARD 2023;SOHO HOUSE BREAKTHROUGH WRITER AWARD 2022
SHORTLISTED: THE WRITERS'' GUILD BEST FIRST NOVEL AWARD 2023

''Luminous prose, rendered with sensitivity and without sentimentalism. An astonishing debut'' Cherie Jones, author of HOW THE ONE-ARMED SISTER SWEEPS HER HOUSE

Sayon Hughes, a young Black man from Bristol, dreams of a world far removed from the one in which he was raised. Far removed from the torn slips outside the bookie''s, the burnt spoons and the crooked solutions his community embraces; most of all, removed from the Christianity of his uncaring parents and the prejudice of law-makers.

Growing up, Sayon found respite from the chaos of his environment in the love and loyalty of his brother-in-arms, Cuba; in the example of his cousin Ha