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Fire Rush
- Narrated by: Leonie Elliott
- Length: 11 hrs and 3 mins
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Summary
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London, 1978. Yamaye, a woman in her 20s unsure of who she is, but with dreams of being a DJ and MC. Yamaye lives for the weekend, when she can go raving with her friends at The Crypt, an underground club in the industrial town on the outskirts of London where she was born and raised.
Everything changes when she falls deeply in love with Moose: he offers the chance of freedom and change. When their relationship is cut brutally short, Yamaye goes on a dramatic journey of transformation that takes her first to Bristol, where she gets caught up in a criminal gang, and then to Jamaica, where past and present collide with devastating consequences.
Critic reviews
"I was blown away by Fire Rush - an exceptional and stunningly original novel by a major new writer...her mesmerising, imaginative and incantatory writing leaves us swaying to the bass of the visceral rhythms she so powerfully describes. By the end of the novel, I felt charged and changed and already longed to re-read it." (Bernardine Evaristo, Booker Prize-winning author of Girl, Woman, Other)
"This beautiful, sprawling narrative is wrought with an incredible precision and a musicality which carries every sentence. Crooks' novel haunts but make space for hope as well." (Caleb Azumah Nelson, author of Open Water)
"A brilliant, exuberant novel. Full of beauty, musicality and feminist power." (Irenosen Okojie, author of Nudibranch)
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- Kindle Customer
- 09-04-23
This is a book you feel and hear as much as read.
Yammaye is first generation British Caribbean. This novel charts the racism and police brutality, a back drop to life that forced people into to dark corners to find a sense of belonging. It is also a testament as to the lengths some women will go to to survive.
There is a Fire Rush inside us all. We just have to find it.
I particularly recommend the audio edition of this novel as it includes music which brings the narrative to life further.
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- Amazon Customer
- 14-07-23
Great Story and Narration
I’m pleased I listened to the audiobook version of this book as it includes music which brings the narrative to life further.
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- Amazon Customer
- 14-05-23
Dub story
I read and listened to this and was grateful to my favourite CTM character for this wonderful narration. Although I worked with people speaking patois for thirty years the narrator really brought it to life. The book is also good and I remember those days well
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- Celia
- 28-03-23
Gripping, evocative, exhilarating story
This is a mesmerising book, beautifully read. I could almost smell and taste it.
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- kate
- 04-03-24
Fabulous story and narration
Fabulous story read beautifully, totally immersed me in her life and times in England then Jamaica, I was shaking ma batty.
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- J
- 25-02-24
Music and voice
A really good book, dark and quite beautiful, and the reading, and occasional music, were engaging.
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- Mrs F Higginson
- 28-01-24
The clear observation without judgement
I initially struggled to engage with the main character as she seemed superficial. But glad I stayed with it as an interesting, historical, political, feminist character and story line unfolded. I’d like to hear more from this author
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- craig bale
- 06-01-24
outstanding narration!
loved this book and the narration, beautifully written, edgey, gritty, compelling. More please from this author and narrator!
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- Miss H
- 28-11-23
loved this story
the atmosphere and description took my back to years gone by. A great listen, narrator was brilliant
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- Corrina
- 25-11-23
Mesmerising
Wonderfully written and beautifully narrated. What a complete unforgettable journey this story takes you on.
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