{"product_id":"vauxhall-9781846591464","title":"Vauxhall","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eVauxhall\u003c\/i\u003e is written in the way that English should be written--clean, swift, and with flashes of lightning.--Bonnie Greer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA powerful novel . . . Gabadamosi describes with poetic rhythm a child's awakening in a violent, confusing London.--\u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1970s London: Young Michael runs past the railway arches and terraces of Vauxhall. Reaching the street on which he lives, he witnesses a young girl fall from a window, her sari floating down behind her. Her lifeless body lies crumpled on the ground.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis incident marks the beginning of a period in which Michael's life threatens to unravel. From his sister's taunts to a series of house fires, police harassment, his parents' crumbling marriage and the realization that the council intends to clear out the slum he calls home, he learns to navigate his way through an array of obstacles, big and small.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eVauxhall\u003c\/i\u003e is a tender portrait of a young boy looking for his place in inner city London.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in London, \u003cb\u003eGabriel Gbadamosi\u003c\/b\u003e is an Irish Nigerian poet, playwright, and essayist. He was AHRC Creative and Performing Arts Fellow at the Pinter Centre, Goldsmiths, and a Judith E. Wilson Fellow for creative writing at Cambridge University. His plays include \u003ci\u003eShango\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHotel Orpheu\u003c\/i\u003e, and for radio \u003ci\u003eThe Long, Hot Summer of '76\u003c\/i\u003e (BBC Radio 3), which won the Richard Imison Award. He has presented \u003ci\u003eNightwaves\u003c\/i\u003e on BBC Radio 3 and \u003ci\u003eArt Beat\u003c\/i\u003e on the BBC World Service.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Telegram Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/09\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781846591464\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.30w x 0.90d","brand":"Gabriel Gbadamosi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40040036040885,"sku":"9781846591464","price":13.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_2e6164f0-96f8-4b07-9c69-500154874f54.jpg?v=1621340491","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/vauxhall-9781846591464","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}