Vauxhall

'An incredible and surprising pleasure to read' Fay Weldon, A Good Read BBC Radio Four 'Only a poet could have written Vauxhall - clean, swift and with flashes of lightning' Bonnie Greer 'A tenderly observed, fascinating portrait of a childhood in South London' Blake Morrison 'A remarkable achievement' Brian Chikwava, author of 'Harare North' 'A powerful novel ... Gabadamosi describes with poetic rhythm a child's awakening in a violent, confusing London' Daily Mail 'Vauxhall is an affecting work, that shines a light on the multi-shaded, multi-ethnic London we have come to know. - In pages of vivid prose, Gbadamosi conjures Vauxhall's cultural pasticcio of Jamaicans, Africans, Irish and Guyanese. - Like B.S. Johnson before him, Gbadamosi puts the most humdrum if revealing of autobiographical details into the writing. Memories of listening to Yoruba-style dance-floor music and of eating Ambrosia cream custard out of tins intrude seamlessly. Vauxhall is a book of rare poetic insight and humour that absorbs from start to finish.' Ian Thomson, The Spectator