Books and information on author Alex Wheatle. My first novel, Brixton Rock, was published to critical acclaim by BlackAmber Books in Writers who have inspired me include CLR James, James Baldwin, Chester Himes, Richard Wright, Maya Angelou, Charles Dickens, Ralph Ellison, Toni Morrison, Iceberg Slim, Linton Kwesi Johnson, John. Alex Wheatle is the author of several novels, some of them set in Brixton, where he grew up. Born in London of Jamaican parents, his first book, Brixton Rock (), tells the story of a year old boy of mixed race, in s Brixton. Brixton Rock was adapted for the stage andPlace Of Birth: London. Alex Wheatle works with Book Trust to introduce literature for the disadvantaged through workshops in prisons and young-adult institutions. Start reading Brixton Rock on your Kindle in under a minute/5(99).
The story of his teenage years was the basis of Steve McQueen's "Alex Wheatle" in the Small Axe series (December ), and he has written and performed a play about his life titled Uprising. His novels for adults include the Windrush classic Island Songs, as well as Brixton Rock, Brenton Brown, East of Acre Lane, and Home Boys. 'Alex Wheatle's Brixton Rock has initiated the debate on how it feels to be a mixed race Briton.' New Statesman 'Sharp-edged and sardonically funny, Brixton Rock is Graham Greene for the hip-hop generation - a strong and quirky debut by Alex Wheatle.' Crime Time. 'Alex Wheatle writes from a place of honesty and passion' Steve McQueen, director of Small Axe. East of Acre Lane is the fast-paced and razor sharp story of a young man trying to do the right thing from celebrated author Alex Wheatle, one of the figures who inspired Steve McQueen's Small Axe. It is , and Brixton is on the verge of exploding.
Books and information on author Alex Wheatle My first novel, Brixton Rock, was published to critical acclaim by BlackAmber Books in Alex Wheatle – the Brixton Bard – is at the centre of one of the five short plays in Small Axe, the eagerly awaited BBC series made by director and artist Steve McQueen. The series explores five stories from London’s Caribbean community between the s and s. His latest novel, Brenton Brown, is the long-awaited sequel to his acclaimed debut Brixton Rock. Alex Wheatle grew up in social care in Surrey, moving to a care hostel in Brixton when he was He took part in the rioting in Brixton in , depicting the ‘Battle for Brixton’ with gritty realism in his novel East of Acre Lane.
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