SOCIETY WITHIN takes us back to the Greenside Estate, West London, scene of Courttia Newland's ground-breaking and hugely successful first novel, THE SCHOLAR. Newly arrived on the estate is Elisha: sweet, bright, sassy and just eighteen. As Elisha negotiates some new territory with more than fair share of dark corners, we take in the vividly interlocking lives of the other Greensiders: cool, ambitious Valerie, with some bad secrets to deal with; Little Stacey, looking for his first girl; Orin, dealing, stealing and trying to stay away from anything too lethal. Courttia Newland tells gripping stories from real lives - stories of dreamers and fighters, love and revenge, friendship and betrayal - in a language burning with energy, originality and conviction.
| ISBN | 0349111804 | | Volumes | 1 | | ISBN13 | 9780349111803
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 222 | | Publisher | Little, Brown Book Group | | Published in | London | | Imprint | Abacus | | Previous ISBN | 9780349112244 | | Format | Paperback | | Height (mm) | 197 | | Publication date | 21 Sep 2000 | | Width (mm) | 126 | | DEWEY | 823.914 | | Spine width (mm) | 19 | | DEWEY edition | DC21 | | Academic level | General | | Pages | 320 | |
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Masterful ... Warm & witty ... an impressive achievement GUARDIAN Consolidates his position as one of Britain's most important young black novelists ... a truly gifted storyteller TIME OUT Fairly crackles with depictions of teenage temptations ... after the whitewash better known as NOTTING HILL, the antidote couldn't be better timed i-D MAGAZINE Should have Irvine Welsh weeping into his overhyped beer GLASGOW HERALD
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