Courttia newland the scholars
Courttia Newland's first novel, The THE SCHOLAR. Cory and Sean Bradley are cousins, but grow up as brothers on the Greenside Estate, West London. Young, Black, good-looking and smart enough to want to leave the poverty trap of the estate, their escape routes are as different as their personalities.
When his dad dies under In , Newland published his first novel, The Scholar. Further novels followed, including Society Within (), Snakeskin () and The Gospel According to Cane ().
Courttia Newland's first novel, The Newland shows every promise of being able to reflect Britain from a distinctive and unsentimental perspective―THE TIMES. An exciting, sustained and truthful novel, fine writing and firing dialogue. Courttia Newland knows his people very well―Diran Adebayo, author of SOME KIND OF BLACK.
A typical modern tale of youths When his dad dies under police arrest after a pub brawl, Cory goes to live with his cousin, Sean. By their late teens the cousins, though close, have chosen different paths. Sean is trying to improve his life through education, whereas Cory has already become involved in petty crime - burglary and dealing E.
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