Who They Was by Krauze, Gabriel

Who They Was

Longlisted for the Booker PrizeNamed a Most Anticipated Book of Summer 2021 by Entertainment Weekly, Time, and...
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Author: Gabriel Krauze
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Language: English
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Who They Was by Krauze, Gabriel

Who They Was

$68.70

Who They Was

$68.70
Author: Gabriel Krauze
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

Longlisted for the Booker Prize
Named a Most Anticipated Book of Summer 2021 by Entertainment Weekly, Time, and CrimeReads
Named a Best Book of 2021 by Time

An astonishing, visceral autobiographical novel about a young man straddling two cultures: the university where he is studying English Literature and the disregarded world of London gang warfare.

The unforgettable narrator of this compelling, thought-provoking debut goes by two names in his two worlds. At the university he attends, he's Gabriel, a seemingly ordinary, partying student learning about morality at a distance. But in his life outside the classroom, he's Snoopz, a hard living member of London's gangs, well-acquainted with drugs, guns, stabbings, and robbery. Navigating these sides of himself, dealing with loving parents at the same time as treacherous, endangering friends and the looming threat of prison, he is forced to come to terms with who he really is and the life he's chosen for himself.

In a distinct, lyrical urban slang all his own, author Gabriel Krauze brings to vivid life the underworld of his city and the destructive impact of toxic masculinity. Who They Was is a disturbing yet tender and perspective-altering account of the thrill of violence and the trauma it leaves behind. It is the story of inner cities everywhere, and of the lost boys who must find themselves in their tower blocks.

Author: Gabriel Krauze
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 06/29/2021
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 9.30h x 5.80w x 1.20d
ISBN: 9781635577662


Award: Man Booker Prize - Nominee


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 01/11/2021
Kirkus Reviews 04/15/2021
Booklist 05/01/2021 pg. 21

About the Author
Gabriel Krauze grew up in London in a Polish family and was drawn to a life of crime and gangs from an early age. He has left that world behind and is recapturing his life through writing. Who They Was, his first novel, was long-listed for the Dylan Thomas Prize and the Booker Prize.

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