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A review by octavia_l
Who They Was by Gabriel Krauze
3.0
It took me a while to get into this book as the slang language used was not something that I was always familiar with or understood. At times this was not an easy read - especially for those who are squeamish but I appreciated the raw honesty in the novel and getting an insight into the side of London I am not always exposed to.
This is not a novel I'd reach for to reread but I would be interested to see what Krauze writes next, especially off the back of being nominated for the Booker Prize Longlist 2020 with 'Who They Was'.
"It’s mad how you can live in a city and never see any of this. Or you just see faint smudges of it every now and again around the edges of your existence but even then you don’t fully believe in it, because even though we live in the same city, where I’m from and where you’re from could be two totally separate worlds."
This is not a novel I'd reach for to reread but I would be interested to see what Krauze writes next, especially off the back of being nominated for the Booker Prize Longlist 2020 with 'Who They Was'.
"It’s mad how you can live in a city and never see any of this. Or you just see faint smudges of it every now and again around the edges of your existence but even then you don’t fully believe in it, because even though we live in the same city, where I’m from and where you’re from could be two totally separate worlds."