Iced
- 5 Oct 2023
- 9781838859961
- £10.99
- 336 pp
- 129×198mm
- 5 Oct 2023
- 9781838859978
- £8.79
- 336 pp
- 5 Oct 2023
- 9781838859985
- £20.99
- 7 hrs 57 min
In a few words
A searing work of modern fiction tracing a man’s decline into the depths of addiction
In a few words
A searing work of modern fiction tracing a man’s decline into the depths of addiction
In a few words
A searing work of modern fiction tracing a man’s decline into the depths of addiction
This book is a powerhouse . . . the man writes beautifully . . . the story is heartbreaking
Maya Angelou
Extraordinary – a modern American tragedy, sharply told. Brilliant
Lenny Henry
This book is a powerhouse . . . the man writes beautifully . . . the story is heartbreaking
Maya Angelou
Extraordinary – a modern American tragedy, sharply told. Brilliant
Lenny Henry
This book is a powerhouse . . . the man writes beautifully . . . the story is heartbreaking
Maya Angelou
Extraordinary – a modern American tragedy, sharply told. Brilliant
Lenny Henry
More about
the book
Cornelius Washington is brimming with ambition and talent before his life is torn apart by a crack addiction. Taking the form of a diary and written in an arresting stream-of-consciousness style, Iced ponders the gritty realities of Cornelius’s present and past upheavals that have led him here.
Iced paints a portrait of being Black in America and the ways marginalised communities suffer the consequences of shortsighted political policies. First published in 1993, in the wake of the crack epidemic, Iced mixes the syncopated language of the streets with poetry from the heart to take the reader deep into the horrifying world of addiction.
More about
the book
Cornelius Washington is brimming with ambition and talent before his life is torn apart by a crack addiction. Taking the form of a diary and written in an arresting stream-of-consciousness style, Iced ponders the gritty realities of Cornelius’s present and past upheavals that have led him here.
Iced paints a portrait of being Black in America and the ways marginalised communities suffer the consequences of shortsighted political policies. First published in 1993, in the wake of the crack epidemic, Iced mixes the syncopated language of the streets with poetry from the heart to take the reader deep into the horrifying world of addiction.
More about
the book
Cornelius Washington is brimming with ambition and talent before his life is torn apart by a crack addiction. Taking the form of a diary and written in an arresting stream-of-consciousness style, Iced ponders the gritty realities of Cornelius’s present and past upheavals that have led him here.
Iced paints a portrait of being Black in America and the ways marginalised communities suffer the consequences of shortsighted political policies. First published in 1993, in the wake of the crack epidemic, Iced mixes the syncopated language of the streets with poetry from the heart to take the reader deep into the horrifying world of addiction.
A brilliantly written book about somebody’s battle with addiction, and it was really useful for me into the sort of mindset of somebody that doesn’t want to be taking drugs but can’t stop
Ewan Mcgregor
Its first-person narrative is energised by the power of the speaking voice, which expresses itself in a jagged, syncopated style reminiscent of a rap monologue . . . It’s difficult to put down, even during its most violent moments
An unconventional, powerful, funny, even important, first novel . . . it is a fully imagined fiction . . . above all, because of Cornelius’ original and authentic voice
I love this book. It’s everything a novel about this experience should be
Irvine Welsh
A brilliantly written book about somebody’s battle with addiction, and it was really useful for me into the sort of mindset of somebody that doesn’t want to be taking drugs but can’t stop
Ewan Mcgregor
Its first-person narrative is energised by the power of the speaking voice, which expresses itself in a jagged, syncopated style reminiscent of a rap monologue . . . It’s difficult to put down, even during its most violent moments
An unconventional, powerful, funny, even important, first novel . . . it is a fully imagined fiction . . . above all, because of Cornelius’ original and authentic voice
I love this book. It’s everything a novel about this experience should be
Irvine Welsh
A brilliantly written book about somebody’s battle with addiction, and it was really useful for me into the sort of mindset of somebody that doesn’t want to be taking drugs but can’t stop
Ewan Mcgregor
Its first-person narrative is energised by the power of the speaking voice, which expresses itself in a jagged, syncopated style reminiscent of a rap monologue . . . It’s difficult to put down, even during its most violent moments
An unconventional, powerful, funny, even important, first novel . . . it is a fully imagined fiction . . . above all, because of Cornelius’ original and authentic voice
I love this book. It’s everything a novel about this experience should be
Irvine Welsh
Ray Shell
View profileRay Shell has lived in the UK for the past thirty years and is currently based in Brighton. He is an established actor, a playwright and the Creative Director of London’s Giant Olive Theatre Co.
@Rayshell
Ray Shell
View profileRay Shell has lived in the UK for the past thirty years and is currently based in Brighton. He is an established actor, a playwright and the Creative Director of London’s Giant Olive Theatre Co.
@Rayshell
Ray Shell
View profileRay Shell has lived in the UK for the past thirty years and is currently based in Brighton. He is an established actor, a playwright and the Creative Director of London’s Giant Olive Theatre Co.
@Rayshell
