Never Far From Nowhere (Paperback)

Andrea Levy (author)

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Paperback 288 Pages
Published: 08/08/1996

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A passionate and perceptive story full of the pain and the humour of growing up, from Andrea Levy, author of the Orange Prize winning SMALL ISLAND and the Man Booker shortlisted THE LONG SONG.

NEVER FAR FROM NOWHERE is the story of two sisters, Olive and Vivien, born in London to Jamaican parents and brought up on a council estate. They go to the same grammar school, but while Vivien's life becomes a chaotic mix of friendships, youth clubs, skinhead violence, A-levels, discos and college, Olive, three years older and a skin shade darker, has a very different tale to tell...

Publisher: Headline Publishing Group
ISBN: 9780747252139
Number of pages: 288
Weight: 232 g
Dimensions: 202 x 171 x 17 mm

MEDIA REVIEWS

'Painfully perceptive and passionate, NEVER FAR FROM NOWHERE hits a raw nerve with its powerful concoction of poignancy and humour' - Pride

'Passionate and angry' - TLS

'In this lively, crisp, raw voice, young black Londoners may have found their Roddy Doyle' - Independent on Sunday

'Levy's raw sense of realism and depth of feeling infuses every line' - Elle

'An inspired coming-of-age novel with a mature grasp of generational conflict, pressure to conform, and the fraught process of discovering one's identity, NEVER FAR FROM NOWHERE should be read by anyone who is growing up in Britain today' - Scotsman

'The story is well told, does not dodge complexity and rings true' - The Times

Andrea Levy

Andrea Levy’s background as the daughter of the Windrush generation proved central to her work, the author exploring her past via the medium of the novel. Her fourth title, Small Island, marked her breakthrough, a brilliant and nuanced take on the Jamaican experience in Britain following the end of the Second World War. The novel won both the Orange Prize for Fiction and Whitbread Book of the Year, firmly establishing Levy at the centre of British literary culture. What was sadly to be her last novel, The Long Song, was published in 2010. Andrea Levy died in 2019.

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