'Alex Wheatle writes from a place of honesty and passion' Steve
McQueen, director of Small Axe
East of Acre Lane is the fast-paced and razor sharp story of a young
man trying to do the right thing from celebrated author Alex Wheatle,
one of the figures who inspired Steve McQueen's Small Axe
It is 1981, and Brixton is on the verge of exploding. Biscuit lives with
his mother, brother and sister, trapped hustling on the frontline for
the South London badman Nunchucks. As the patience of the community
breaks and the riots erupt, Biscuit must make a choice that could change
his life forever.
'His prose is as sharp as a barber's cutthroat and the hard edged
dialogue perfectly captures that London vibe. Thrilling, very funny, and
most of all a page turner' Courttia Newland