SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2023 BOOKER PRIZE-Dazzling- GUARDIAN-Blistering- THE TIMES''A delight'' DIANA EVANS-Fiction written at the highest level- ANN PATCHETT''Hilarious, revelatory'' MARLON JAMESAn electrifying, hilarious and deeply moving tragicomic debut novel following a Jamaican family grappling with a new life in the US.-What are you?-This is the puzzled question that greets a young Trelawny growing up in a Miami where his racial ambiguity is regarded with confusion and suspicion. It-s not just his neighbours, his Jamaican parents Topper and Sanya don-t seem to understand him either. Then there-s his stubborn older brother Delano, who is determined to secure a better future for his own children, no matter what it takes.As both brothers navigate the challenges littered in their path - a woefully unreliable father, racism, recession and even a hurricane - they find themselves increasingly at odds. Will they make it through together or must one brother-s future come at the cost of the o
