Fire Rush

“Fire Rush is set between London, Bristol, and Jamaica in the late 1970s and early 1980s, is written partly in patois, and brings readers into a world of gangsters, raves, and police brutality. It’s a novel with a strong sense of place, community, and musicality—one that is drawn from the author’s own experiences and took sixteen years to write.” Read more...

The 2023 Women’s Prize for Fiction Shortlist

Cal Flyn, Five Books Editor