{"product_id":"9780008501211","title":"If I Survive You","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Escoffery, Jonathan \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 2 February 2023 by HarperCollins Publishers (Fourth Estate Ltd) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback | 272 pages\u003cbr\u003e144 x 225 x 28 | 380g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2023 BOOKER PRIZE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Dazzling\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e GUARDIAN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Blistering\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e THE TIMES\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  'A delight' DIANA EVANS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Fiction written at the highest level ANN PATCHETT\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 'Hilarious, revelatory' MARLON JAMES\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e An electrifying, hilarious and deeply moving tragicomic debut novel following a Jamaican family grappling with a new life in the US.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  What are you?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  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. Its not just his neighbours, his Jamaican parents Topper and Sanya dont seem to understand him either. Then theres his stubborn older brother Delano, who is determined to secure a better future for his own children, no matter what it takes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  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 brothers future come at the cost of the other?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Shortlisted for the 2024 Gordon Burn Prize\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  An astonishingly assured debut novel  clarity, variety and fizzing prose BOOKER PRIZE JUDGES\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e So damn funny RUMAAN ALAM\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Astonishing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e I NEWSPAPER\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  'Utterly unstoppable\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e IRISH TIMES\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  What readers say:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  So good it was hard to put down\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Humour, real feeling  totally recommend\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  So engrossing and entertaining\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  A must read\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HUNTS BOOKSHOP LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44291192717552,"sku":"9780008501211","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0514\/8635\/9739\/files\/9780008501211.jpg?v=1713454114","url":"https:\/\/huntsbookshop.live\/products\/9780008501211","provider":"Hunt's Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}