Perfidious Albion Av Sam Byers

<p><b><i>SHORTLISTED FOR THE RSL ENCORE PRIZE 2019</i></b><br><b><i>LONGLISTED FOR THE RSL ONDAATJE PRIZE 2019</i></b><br><b><i>LONGLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL FICTION 2019</i></b><br><b><br>In Edmundsbury, a small town in eastern England, fear and loathing are on the rise. Brexit has happened and the ramifications are real. </b><br><br><b>Grass-roots, right-wing political party ‘England Always’ is fomenting hatred. The residents of a failing housing estate are being cleared from their homes. A multinational tech company is making inroads into the infrastructure. </b><br><br><b>A controversial tweet; a series of ill-judged think pieces; a riot of opinions – suddenly Edmundsbury is no longer the peaceful town it had always imagined itself to be…</b></p>