If I Survive You

"The Islander" is a novel that follows a Jamaican family as they navigate a new life in the US, dealing with racial ambiguity, racism, recession, and a hurricane. It is a hilarious, revelatory, and deeply moving tragicomic debut novel that was shortlisted for the 2023 Booker Prize and the 2024 Gordon Burn Prize. The novel has received rave reviews from readers, who describe it as "so good it was hard to put down," "humour, real feeling," and "utterly unstoppable."

Format: Hardback
Length: 272 pages
Publication date: 02 February 2023
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Dazzling Guardian: Blistering The Times: A delight Diana Evans: Fiction written at the highest level Ann Patchett: Hilarious, revelatory Marlon James: An electrifying, hilarious, and deeply moving tragicomic debut novel following a Jamaican family grappling with a new life in the US. What are you? 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. It's not just his neighbors; his Jamaican parents, Topper and Sanya, don't seem to understand him either. Then there's his stubborn older brother Delano, who is determined to secure a better future for his own children, no matter what it takes. 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 brother's future come at the cost of the other? Shortlisted for the 2024 Gordon Burn Prize: An astonishingly assured debut novel ... clarity, variety, and fizzing prose BOOKER PRIZE JUDGES: "So damn funny" Rumaan Alam: "Astonishing" I Newspaper: Utterly unstoppable Irish Times: What readers say: "So good it was hard to put down" "Humour, real feeling ... totally recommend" "So engrossing and entertaining" "A must read"

Weight: 380g
Dimension: 144 x 225 x 28 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780008501211