An Olive Grove in Ends by Moses McKenzie

£9.99

Bookseller Review by Elle:

A gritty and realistic neighbourhood saga centring around our troubled protagonist Sayon and the community that surrounds him in Bristol. Gang violence and drugs are the norm for the people around him, especially his cousin Cuba, who he is fiercely loyal to. However, Sayon longs for a life beyond his ends and dreams about buying the house at the top of the hill in Clifton. Meanwhile, he is torn between his family, his girlfriend Shona and her strict religious father, and his own dreams. Vivid, beautifully drawn characters and a protagonist that you can’t help but root for, despite his many flaws and mistakes. 

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Description

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 Hakim, a man once known as the most infamous drug-dealer in their neighbourhood, now a proselytising Muslim; and in the tenderness of his girl, Shona, whose own sense of purpose galvanises Sayon’s.

In return, Sayon wants to give the people he loves the world: a house atop a grand hill in the most affluent area of the city, a home in which they can forever find joy and safety. But after an altercation in which a boy is killed, Sayon finds his loyalties torn and his dream of a better life in peril.

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