They are to live with Zhang, the 'godfather' of Chinatown, who mesmerises Pao with stories of glorious Chinese socialism on one hand, and the reality of his protection business on the other. Fourteen-year-old Yang Pao steps off the ship from China with his mother and brother, after his father has died fighting for the revolution. SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA FIRST NOVEL AWARDĪ richly imagined, wholly engrossing and utterly captivating novel that tells the remarkable history of twentieth century Jamaica The complexity of Jamaican society in Pao is fascinating and bewildering' - Guardian 'Young's heartfelt, sparky and affecting debut novel is a chronicle of multicultural Jamaica. both for its mesmeric story-telling and the quality of its prose' - Observer 'A pacy but absorbing saga of domestic struggle and gangland manoeuvring set against the violent backdrop of postwar Jamaican politics' - Independent on Sunday
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