Sugar Street Av Jonathan Dee

<p><b>'An original and fascinating concept that'll keep you hooked and turning the pages' <i>Sunday Post</i></b><br><b>'Expertly done' <i>The Times</i></b><br><b>'[A] compelling, original novel' <i>Independent</i><br></b><br>In Jonathan Dee's explosive novel, an unnamed male narrator has hit the road with a large sum of cash stashed under his car seat. Vigilantly avoiding security cameras, he drives until he meets a city where his past is unlikely to track him down. Renting a room from a less-than-stable landlady whose need for money outweighs her desire to ask questions, he seems to have escaped his former self. But can he?<br><br>In a story that moves with swift dark humour and insight, Dee takes us through his narrator's attempt to disavow his former life of privilege and enter a blameless new existence. Having opted out of his material possessions and human connections, the pillars of his new self - simplicity, kindness, and above all invisibility - grow shakier as he butts up against the daily lives of his neighbours in their politically divided working-class city. <br><br><i>Sugar Street </i>is a risky, engrossing and visceral story about a white man trying to escape his own troubling footprint and start his life over.</p>