Authors: Alex Wheatle
Brixton Rock (24 page)
Alex Wheatle, of Jamaican origin, was born in South London. He is a founding member of the Crucial Rocker sound system, for whom he has written lyrics for performance. Alex is now working with English PEN, and the Children’s Discovery Centre to promote reading. His other novels:
Brenton
Brown,
The
Dirty
South,
Island
Song,
East
of
Acre
Lane,
The
Seven
Sisters
and
Checkers
with Mark Parham. He was awarded an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list for services to literature in 2008. He lives with his family in south London.
First published in 1999
by BlackAmber Books
This ebook edition first published in 2011
by HopeRoad Publishing
P O Box 55544
Exhibition Road
London SW7 2DB
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© Alex Wheatle 1999
Illustrations ©Wale Aladeselu
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