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The eponymous mad and furious city here is London, standing in, in theory, for any number of large global cities with large immigrant populations. It’s the glorious melting pot in action, which sometimes works and…sometimes burns things. The latter, here, quite literally. What attracted me to this book was the Man Booker listing, albeit this was merely long listed. Plus I’ve always enjoyed stories about immigrant experiences. This one took a while to enjoy, actually, and even then enjoyment might not be the right word. It’s more like appreciation. There’s so much grime, desperation and ugliness here and the writing concentrates so much on uber realistic representations that it took a while to recognize the beauty of it. Told through a number of varied multigenerational, multinational, multiethnic perspectives, the narrative comes together as a visceral depiction of the life on a London estate, where various nationalities must not only reckon with each other, but also with the white supremacists and racists who consider themselves real Londoners. In a way it’s a brutal story of an unconditional love, a love for a city that won’t love you back. And that’s very compelling and poignant. The narrative itself is heavily laden with slang and at times almost stream of consciousness and makes for a challenging, emotionally and intellectually, read. It has the right energy, style and subject to make it a likely award candidate and, of course, it’s ever so timely in a world where immigration has become such a hotly contested/discussed/loathed matter. This story represents a version of cohabitation, but doesn't speak too highly of a prospect of peaceable coexistence. It's something to contemplate and makes worthy if not particularly easy to enjoy read.


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In Our Mad and Furious City A Novel Guy Gunaratne 9780374175771 Books Reviews

Language and style reads like verse. An intense and experimental novel that captures the fury and impoverished lives of the characters. Interesting and well worth the read.
This seemed like a good story from the synopsis. It's an interesting read. Unfortunately, it's just difficult to understand and comprehend. If it had been easier, I think I would have liked it. Thanks to NetGalley for an arc in exchange for an honest review.
I received an advance reader’s copy in exchange for an honest review.

It’s hard to describe this book beyond saying how amazing it is. It’s lyrical without being pretentious and abstract without losing hold of characters or narrative. It’s violent in a way that is engaging and not offputting. It’s probably one of the best books I’ve read this year. I would recommend it to anybody, even if this doesn’t sound like your thing, because it’s not usually my thing but I loved it
The eponymous mad and furious city here is London, standing in, in theory, for any number of large global cities with large immigrant populations. It’s the glorious melting pot in action, which sometimes works and…sometimes burns things. The latter, here, quite literally. What attracted me to this book was the Man Booker listing, albeit this was merely long listed. Plus I’ve always enjoyed stories about immigrant experiences. This one took a while to enjoy, actually, and even then enjoyment might not be the right word. It’s more like appreciation. There’s so much grime, desperation and ugliness here and the writing concentrates so much on uber realistic representations that it took a while to recognize the beauty of it. Told through a number of varied multigenerational, multinational, multiethnic perspectives, the narrative comes together as a visceral depiction of the life on a London estate, where various nationalities must not only reckon with each other, but also with the white supremacists and racists who consider themselves real Londoners. In a way it’s a brutal story of an unconditional love, a love for a city that won’t love you back. And that’s very compelling and poignant. The narrative itself is heavily laden with slang and at times almost stream of consciousness and makes for a challenging, emotionally and intellectually, read. It has the right energy, style and subject to make it a likely award candidate and, of course, it’s ever so timely in a world where immigration has become such a hotly contested/discussed/loathed matter. This story represents a version of cohabitation, but doesn't speak too highly of a prospect of peaceable coexistence. It's something to contemplate and makes worthy if not particularly easy to enjoy read.