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'Pigeon English' Reading Group Guide

‘Pigeon English’ Reading Group Guide

By Bloomsbury on February 13, 2012

Use these questions to lead conversation in your reading group’s discussion of ‘Pigeon English’, the story of a young boy who immigrated from Ghana to London, and launches an investigation in the death of a boy in his neighbourhood.

Posted in Contemporary Fiction, Fiction | Tagged gangs, Ghana, Immigrant, London, reading groups | Leave a response

Extract from 'Pigeon English'

Extract from ‘Pigeon English’

By Bloomsbury on February 1, 2012

Bloomsbury brings ‘Pigeon English’ by Stephen Kelman. Read an extract here of the story of Hari, who recently immigrated to London from Ghana with his mother and sister, as he settles into his new life and finds himself drawing the wrong sort of attention when he begins his own investigation of the murder of another boy in his neighbourhood.

Posted in Contemporary Fiction, Fiction | Tagged gangs, Ghana, Immigrant, London | Leave a response

Q&A with Krys Lee, Author of 'Drifting House'

Q&A with Krys Lee, Author of ‘Drifting House’

By Faber on January 27, 2012

A dazzling debut story collection from Korean-American writer Krys Lee.

Posted in Contemporary Fiction, Fiction | Tagged Immigrant, Korea, short stories | Leave a response

Drifting House Extract

Drifting House Extract

By Faber on January 19, 2012

Faber offers up Krys Lee’s Drifting House, a collection of short stories based around post-WWII Korea and Korean-American immigrants. Read an extract here!

Posted in Contemporary Fiction, Fiction, Historical fiction | Tagged Immigrant, Korea, short stories, WWII | 1 Response

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