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SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2023 BOOKER PRIZE‘Dazzling’ GUARDIAN‘Blistering’ THE TIMES'A delight'‘Fiction written at the highest level’ 'Hilarious, revelatory'An 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 other?Shortlisted for the 2024 Gordon Burn Prize‘An astonishingly assured debut novel … clarity, variety and fizzing prose’‘So damn funny’‘Astonishing’ I NEWSPAPER'Utterly unstoppable’ IRISH TIMESWhat readers say:‘So good it was hard to put down’‘Humour, real feeling … totally recommend’‘So engrossing and entertaining’‘A must read’
Editions of If I Survive You
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9780008501211
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780008501228
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780008685799
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780008501242
- EBook
- ISBN 9780008606015
- EBook
- ISBN 9780008501259
- AudioStreaming
- ISBN 9780008501235
- AudioStreaming
- ISBN 9780008606022
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2023 BOOKER PRIZE‘Dazzling’ GUARDIAN‘Blistering’ THE TIMES'A delight'‘Fiction written at the highest level’ 'Hilarious, revelatory'An 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 other?Shortlisted for the 2024 Gordon Burn Prize‘An astonishingly assured debut novel … clarity, variety and fizzing prose’‘So damn funny’‘Astonishing’ I NEWSPAPER'Utterly unstoppable’ IRISH TIMESWhat readers say:‘So good it was hard to put down’‘Humour, real feeling … totally recommend’‘So engrossing and entertaining’‘A must read’
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What is If I Survive You about?
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2023 BOOKER PRIZE‘Dazzling’ GUARDIAN‘Blistering’ THE TIMES'A delight'‘Fiction written at the highest level’ 'Hilarious, revelatory'An 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 other?Shortlisted for the 2024 Gordon Burn Prize‘An astonishingly assured debut novel … clarity, variety and fizzing prose’‘So damn funny’‘Astonishing’ I NEWSPAPER'Utterly unstoppable’ IRISH TIMESWhat readers say:‘So good it was hard to put down’‘Humour, real feeling … totally recommend’‘So engrossing and entertaining’‘A must read’
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in If I Survive You?
Fiction > Fiction: literary and general non-genre > Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general
Where can I read a sample of If I Survive You?
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Who is/are the Author/s of the book If I Survive You?
Jonathan Escoffery
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
If I Survive You is available as hardcover(ISBN 9780008501211) and paperback(ISBN 9780008501228) and paperback(ISBN 9780008685799) and paperback(ISBN 9780008501242) and ebook(ISBN 9780008606015) and ebook(ISBN 9780008501259) and audiostreaming(ISBN 9780008501235) and audiostreaming(ISBN 9780008606022)
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