Présentation de l'éditeur In this mesmerizing novel Biyi Bandele recreates the unique atmosphere of a multiracial community in contemporary Britain. The Street is populated with a series of amazing characters – Mide the bookseller, who moonlights as a stand-up comedian; The Heckler, who wittily taunts the sandwich-board preachers outside the tube station; Haifa Kampana, who is obsessed with the till girl at his local 7-Eleven. At the book’s centre is Nehushta and her renewed relationship with her father, Ossie Jones, following his awakening from a fifteen-year coma. Biyi Bandele has created a magical voice, mixing humour, the surreal, passion and wit, to produce one of the most arresting novels in recent years. Biographie de l'auteur Biyi Bandele was born in Nigeria in 1967. He has written plays for the Royal Court Theatre, the Royal Shakespeare Company, screenplays for the BBC and has had two previous novels published. He lives in London.
