Pigeon English- US Advanced Reading Copy

Kelman, Stephen

ISBN 10: 0547500602 / ISBN 13: 9780547500607

Published by Houghton Mifflin, 2011

About this Item

A US advanced reading copy issued before the main publication of the title. - The book itself is in near fine condition, with only some very light wear to the covers to detract. A nice copy. No marking inside the book.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1580032829711

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Pigeon English- US Advanced Reading Copy
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0547500602
• ISBN 13: 9780547500607
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine

About this title

Synopsis

Lying in front of Harrison Opoku is a body, the body of one of his classmates, a boy known for his crazy basketball skills, who seems to have been murdered for his dinner.

Armed with a pair of camouflage binoculars and detective techniques absorbed from television shows like CSI, Harri and his best friend, Dean, plot to bring the perpetrator to justice. They gather evidence—fingerprints lifted from windows with tape, a wallet stained with blood—and lay traps to flush out the murderer. But nothing can prepare them for what happens when a criminal feels you closing in on him.

Recently emigrated from Ghana with his sister and mother to London’s enormous housing projects, Harri is pure curiosity and ebullience—obsessed with gummy candy, a friend to the pigeon who visits his balcony, quite possibly the fastest runner in his school, and clearly also fast on the trail of a murderer.

Told in Harri's infectious voice and multicultural slang, Pigeon English follows in the tradition of our great novels of friendship and adventure, as Harri finds wonder, mystery, and danger in his new, ever-expanding world.

About the Author

Stephen Kelman grew up in the housing projects of Luton, England. He has worked as a careworker, a warehouse operative, in marketing, and in local government administration. Pigeon English was shortlisted for the Man Booker and  Desmond Elliot prizes and has been published in twenty countries.