Longlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize , formerly known as the Samuel Johnson Prize.This is the new London: an immigrant city. Over one-third of Londoners were born abroad, with half arriving since the millennium.
“The spring sunshine was glorious, flooding the small conservatory with a warm glow. The light was brand new, a welcome visitor after a miserable wet winter.”
Grooming of Albert
“The gates to Horizon Data Limited were an imposing 12 feet tall and constructed of heavy duty ribbed steel. You didn’t need to be smart to realise this was a place not to be messed with.”
Sebastian's Reveal
“The tunnels and stations had been simmering nicely all night. Lurking 200 odd feet beneath the sidewalks and the snarled rush hour traffic, muggy, stale air sat in stagnant pools. ”
I Think, Therefore
“The loss of a loved one swindles you of a future life of laughter, smiles, hopes and eternal promises. What was to be, no more. Yet the heartache is always there constantly nagging.”
Heartless
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