Juliet is consumed with guilt because she knows that her half-brother, Brenton, grew up in children's homes with no family while she received all her mother's love. She marries Clayton, a successful banker, to please her mother. He treats her daughter, Breanna, like his own - but secretly he has always suspected that there has been something going on between Juliet and Brenton. Meanwhile, Juliet and Brenton try to stay away from what they know is a forbidden love...
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From time to time, a new book arrives which catches its moment in an almost uncanny grip. Set in the middle of the last decade, the latest novel by South London writer Alex Wheatle has an all-too-obvious connection to this week's blazing headlines. --Boyd Tonkin, Independent
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By Farzana
Format:Paperback
This is the final instalment in the life and times of Brenton Brown, aka the "Steppin Volcano" as he was known in the days when he was considered a Brixton "bad man." This book does not disappoint, its lively, fast paced and has well considered characterisations of all major and minor characters. Alex does well to not force an overly nostalgic tone to the book and despite the references to the music which Brenton and his "boys" still listen to, the book has moved on to describe life in Brixton as we know it now with the cool bars and well heeled clubs around Coldharbour Lane.
It is a timely book to follow up the great Brixton Rock, and we learn what has happened to Brenton, Juliet, Floyd, Coffin Head, Biscuit since those strife filled days of the early 80s.
A fantastic read !
It is a timely book to follow up the great Brixton Rock, and we learn what has happened to Brenton, Juliet, Floyd, Coffin Head, Biscuit since those strife filled days of the early 80s.
A fantastic read !
By alun
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Alex Wheatle provides real insight to a culture not familiar to the UK population in general. Has peruaded me to buy his other books.
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Over twenty years on, Brenton Brown, the kid from the children's home has made good. He has qualifications, runs his own business and owns his own home, but his past haunts him. He doesn't want to live with secrets and lies from his youth but it's not only his future that will be affected should the truth emerge.
A tutor once remarked on one of my literature essays, that I should remember that characters in fiction are not real people but literary devices. I disagree; when I read, I want the characters to be people I can get to know. Alex Wheatle writes his characters so convincingly that the reader knows them inside out. They may be flawed, they may make mistakes, we may disagree with them but we understand where they are coming from.
Sequels are often disappointing but this one is every bit as good as Brixton Rock, or even better. If I had to, I could make a couple of minor criticisms of this novel; an occasional sentence that could have been reworked, an overused phrase, but these are trifling details compared with the vivid settings, pace, dialogue and plot.
It's not always a comfortable read but I couldn't put it down, except when I had to take a few deep breaths. Read it.
A tutor once remarked on one of my literature essays, that I should remember that characters in fiction are not real people but literary devices. I disagree; when I read, I want the characters to be people I can get to know. Alex Wheatle writes his characters so convincingly that the reader knows them inside out. They may be flawed, they may make mistakes, we may disagree with them but we understand where they are coming from.
Sequels are often disappointing but this one is every bit as good as Brixton Rock, or even better. If I had to, I could make a couple of minor criticisms of this novel; an occasional sentence that could have been reworked, an overused phrase, but these are trifling details compared with the vivid settings, pace, dialogue and plot.
It's not always a comfortable read but I couldn't put it down, except when I had to take a few deep breaths. Read it.
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Breton Brown
I read this book years ago, and really enjoyed it. I now re-read the book several years later, and I still enjoyed it. Read more
Published 3 months ago by odelle james
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Brenton Brown - No longer the young buck he was in 'Brixton Rock'
'Brenton Brown' is the sequel to Alex Wheatle's 'Brixton Rock', a novel I thoroughly enjoyed and which prompted me to read this book. Read more
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