A young black Bristolian is caught between two worlds in McKenzie’s brutal, tender debut novel Life on the streets can get sticky, and this is a litter-strewn hot mess of a story. Moses McKenzie ’s debut novel, set in his home town of Bristol, follows dream-chasing Sayon Hughes as he hustles to save enough money to fulfil a fanciful ambition and buy “the house-atop-the-hill” in Clifton. It’s a dream...

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