Rainbow Milk
an Observer 2020 Top 10 Debut
$24.84
- Paperback
368 pages
- Release Date
8 February 2021
Summary
An Observer Top Ten Debut 2020
Shortlisted for the Gordon Burn Prize, Jhalak Prize, Polari Prize and the Fiction Debut Category of the British Book Awards
Rainbow Milk is an intersectional coming-of-age story, following nineteen-year-old Jesse McCarthy as he grapples with his racial and sexual identities against the backdrop of a Jehovah’s Witness upbringing and the legacies of the Windrush generation.
In the Black Country in the 19…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349700588 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0349700583 |
| Author: | Paul Mendez |
| Publisher: | John Murray Press |
| Imprint: | Dialogue Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 8 February 2021 |
| Weight: | 301g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 26mm |
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Critics Review
This debut cements Mendez as a stunning new voice in fiction. Semi-autobiographical, this gripping coming-of-age story set in the Black Country in the 1950s follows 19-year-old Jesse as he comes to terms with his racial and sexual identity against the backdrop of his repressive religious upbringing … An original addition to the queer fiction canon - Cosmopolitan
Exquisite descriptions of the body, of longing and lust, set against the recent history of the nation. Proof once more there can be no discussion of English history that isn’t also a discussion of blackness, queerness and classAbout The Author
Paul Mendez
Paul Mendez was born and raised in the Black Country. He now lives in London and is studying for an MA in Black British Writing at Goldsmiths, University of London. He has been a performing member of two theatre companies, and worked as a voice actor, appearing on audiobooks by Andrea Levy, Paul Theroux and Ben Okri, most recently recording Ian Wright’s A Life in Football for Hachette Audio. As a writer, he has contributed to the Times Literary Supplement and the Brixton Review of Books. Rainbow Milk is his debut novel.
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