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Nightcrawling

by Leila Mottley
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LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2022 – THE YOUNGEST EVER BOOKER NOMINEE
THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
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'Mottley attempts to do for Oakland something of what The Wire did for Baltimore' THE TIMES
'A soul-searching portrait of survival and hope' OPRAH WINFREY
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When there is no choice, all you have left to do is walk.

Kiara Johnson does not know what it is to live as a normal seventeen-year-old. With her mother in a halfway house and an older brother who devotes his time and money to a recording studio, she fends for herself – and for nine-year-old Trevor, whose own mother is prone to disappearing for days at a time. As the landlord of their apartment block threatens to raise their rent, Kiara finds herself walking the streets after dark, determined to survive in a world that refuses to protect her.
Then one night Kiara is picked up by two police officers, and the gruesome deal she is offered in exchange for her freedom lands her at the centre of a media storm. If she agrees to testify in a grand jury trial, she could help expose the sickening corruption of a police department. But honesty comes at a price – one that could leave her family vulnerable to their retaliation, and endanger everyone she loves.
Nightcrawling is an unforgettable novel about young people navigating the darkest corners of an adult world, told with a humanity that is at once agonising and utterly mesmerising.
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'UNFORGETTABLE' GUARDIAN
'A MAGNIFICENT DEBUT' RUTH OZEKI, winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction 2022
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READERS CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF NIGHTCRAWLING
'Nightcrawling is a lyrical masterpiece' *****
'This book ripped my heart out' *****
'Unputdownable . . . From the first page I was hooked' *****
'This is a heart-achingly necessary book which will carve a hole in your soul and stay with you forever' *****
'It is rare to read a first novel so perfectly crafted' *****
'This is an absolute must-read. Five stars out of five' *****
'Completely gripping . . . This is going to be a huge bestseller' *****
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Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

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  • ISBN: 9781526634542
  • Release date: June 7, 2022

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  • ISBN: 9781526634542
  • File size: 668 KB
  • Release date: June 7, 2022
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Fiction Literature

Languages

English

LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2022 – THE YOUNGEST EVER BOOKER NOMINEE
THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
_______________

'Mottley attempts to do for Oakland something of what The Wire did for Baltimore' THE TIMES
'A soul-searching portrait of survival and hope' OPRAH WINFREY
_______________

When there is no choice, all you have left to do is walk.

Kiara Johnson does not know what it is to live as a normal seventeen-year-old. With her mother in a halfway house and an older brother who devotes his time and money to a recording studio, she fends for herself – and for nine-year-old Trevor, whose own mother is prone to disappearing for days at a time. As the landlord of their apartment block threatens to raise their rent, Kiara finds herself walking the streets after dark, determined to survive in a world that refuses to protect her.
Then one night Kiara is picked up by two police officers, and the gruesome deal she is offered in exchange for her freedom lands her at the centre of a media storm. If she agrees to testify in a grand jury trial, she could help expose the sickening corruption of a police department. But honesty comes at a price – one that could leave her family vulnerable to their retaliation, and endanger everyone she loves.
Nightcrawling is an unforgettable novel about young people navigating the darkest corners of an adult world, told with a humanity that is at once agonising and utterly mesmerising.
_______________

'UNFORGETTABLE' GUARDIAN
'A MAGNIFICENT DEBUT' RUTH OZEKI, winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction 2022
_______________

READERS CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF NIGHTCRAWLING
'Nightcrawling is a lyrical masterpiece' *****
'This book ripped my heart out' *****
'Unputdownable . . . From the first page I was hooked' *****
'This is a heart-achingly necessary book which will carve a hole in your soul and stay with you forever' *****
'It is rare to read a first novel so perfectly crafted' *****
'This is an absolute must-read. Five stars out of five' *****
'Completely gripping . . . This is going to be a huge bestseller' *****
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Fiction Literature
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