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Surge

Paperback • 2019 • 1. edition

Surge

By Jay Bernard

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About the book

*Shortlisted for Forward Prize for Best First Collection 2019**Winner of the Ted Hughes Award for New Work in Poetry*Jay Bernard's extraordinary debut is a fearlessly original exploration of the black British archive: an enquiry into the New Cross Fire of 1981, a house fire at a birthday party in south London in which thirteen young black people were killed. Dubbed the `New Cross Massacre', the fire was initially believed to be a racist attack, and the indifference with which the tragedy was met...Show more

Poetry by individual poets

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ISBN

9781784742614

Publisher

Vintage Publishing

Published year

2019

Language

Edition

1

Original title

Surge

Format

Paperback

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