Locks
22 June 2023Imprint: Picador
Synopsis
'A rollicking debut' - Telegraph
'A necessary exploration of identity and belonging' - Derek Owusu, author of That Reminds Me
In Ashleigh Nugent's dynamic coming-of-age comedy of errors, Locks, teenager Aeon is on a quest for belonging.
Locks is the story of Aeon, a mixed-up and mixed-race teenager from a leafy Liverpool suburb, who is desperate to find his Black roots and...
Details
22 June 2023336 pages
9781529097924Imprint: Picador
Reviews
A search for meaning and the complicated expression of multiple cultures. Ashleigh is a born storyteller, able to blend humour and introspection, poetry and the poignant.Derek Owusu, author of That Reminds Me
Immersive storytelling . . . compelling, lyrical, wise, insightful and extremely funny.Matt Lloyd Rose, The Guardian
I loved Locks. It’s a twisty, energetic, voice-led novel, written with humour and skill and drama . . . Like Virginia Woolf but from the ends. Nugent is pure talent, something else.Raymond Antrobus, author of The Perseverance
Thought-provoking and funny . . . perfectly captures the sense of being between two cultures, whilst never feeling fully part of either . . . full of larger-than-life characters who jump off the page.David Beckler, author of A Long Shadow
