Locks
22 June 2023Imprint: Picador
Synopsis
‘1993 was the year that Stephen Lawrence got murdered by racists, and I became an angry Black lad with a “chip on his shoulder”’
Aeon, a mixed-up and mixed-race teenager from a leafy Liverpool suburb, is desperate to understand the Black identity thrust upon him. He grows dreadlocks and immerses himself in ‘gangsta’ rap. But Aeon’s journey of self-discovery is hampered...
Details
22 June 2023668 minutes
Ashleigh Nugent
9781529097931Imprint: Picador
Reviews
A search for meaning and the complicated expression of multiple cultures. Ashleigh is a born storyteller, able to blend humour and introspection, poetry and the poignant.Derek Owusu, author of That Reminds Me
I loved Locks. It’s a twisty, energetic, voice-led novel, written with humour and skill and drama . . . Like Virginia Woolf but from the ends. Nugent is pure talent, something else.Raymond Antrobus, author of The Perseverance
Thought-provoking and funny . . . perfectly captures the sense of being between two cultures, whilst never feeling fully part of either . . . full of larger-than-life characters who jump off the page.David Beckler, author of A Long Shadow
Irreverent, authentic and utterly enthralling. A wonderful book.Jimmy McGovern, creator of Cracker
