A vivid evocation of contemporary life on these particular islands, the novel’s passion and contradictory characters will strike a chord with readers everywhere, as will the portrayal of justice abandoned in the pursuit of riches. This is life on an island, in fact: on two Caribbean islands, Cuba and the Dominican Republic. Phone orders min p&p of £1.This is the story of the children of the revolution, of many revolutions. Free UK p&p over £10, online orders only. To order A Modest Living for £17.60, Tentacle for £7.91, or Miss Burma for £7.91, go to or call 03. The story is partly based on the experiences of Craig’s family and, if heavy on the history at times, is highly readable, with sensitively drawn characters who are struggling for survival and freedom. This is the politically fractious Rangoon of the 1950s, but the novel travels across 40 years of Burmese history, from British colonial rule in the 1920s and the second world war to the persecution of the Karen ethnic minority (to which Louisa’s mother, Khin, belongs), rebellion, dictatorship and civil war. She is watched by her father, who is under house arrest, and the contest is surrounded by armed guards. This novel, longlisted for 2018’s Women’s prize for fiction, begins with a beauty pageant from which 15-year-old Louisa is crowned Miss Burma. The plot is fast and furious, though complicated by three time zones, and her storytelling is powerful, with plenty of punk spirit. This novel takes on big themes - gender, poverty, ecology, colonialism – without being weighed down by them. Indiana is a Dominican writer who last year won the grand prize of the Association of Caribbean Writers. Acilde Figueroa is a sex worker turned housemaid and a female turned male (with the help of a genetic injection or “anemone”), travelling to the past to save the world from ecological disaster.
Rita Indiana’s dystopian science fiction novel has a protean hero at its heart. Tentacle Rita IndianaĪnd Other Stories, £8.99, pp1 44. Combined with Singh’s words and occasional recipes for Indian dishes, they are a timely reminder of all that modern Britishness encompasses. Photographs and illustrations reflect the changing faces of his family and the evolution of one corner of the capital. His youth is filled first with National Front racism, then punk music and rebellion. In this charming book about his Sikh immigrant parents and his childhood in Spitalfields, east London, Singh proves himself to be a candid writer and a canny curator of material that crosses family biography with postwar cultural history. Punk fans may remember Suresh Singh as the drummer from the band Spizzenergi, who toured with Siouxsie and the Banshees.
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