And so the football match in the caged court makes for a moment of peace in a city simmering with social tensions. In Our Mad and Furious City is Gunaratne’s debut and it is a tinderbox of a novel. Selvon, Yusuf and Ardan are, in his telling phrase, “close without touch”. This makes sense because, as Ardan explains, “Grime is our thing”. Gazing out across the city, Ardan finds a fleeting kind of peace.

Source: The Guardian April 13, 2018 06:22 UTC