Offers a lyrical poem about Tom, a young man who gets caught up in the violent 1950s Mau Mau Uprising in Kenya protesting the British colonial control of that country. Offers the lyrical story of Tom, a young man who gets caught up in the Mau Mau uprising in 1950s Kenya. By the author of The Quickening Maze. Original. Winner of the Costa Poetry Award. 15,000 first printing. The stunning debut from one of the best British writers to emerge in the past decade. (Julian Barnes) With a voice that is at once fierce and lyrical, Adam Foulds tells the story of the Mau Mau uprising against British colonial rule in 1950s Kenya. Tom, a young man who has returned to his familys farm, rapidly becomes caught up in the intensifying events of violence and brutality in a conflict Foulds illustrates as both utterly contemporary and yet deeply burdened by the history of race and empire in this region. The Broken Word was the recipient of the Costa (Whitbread) Poetry Award, and Fouldss The Quickening Maze was a finalist for the Man Booker Prize. The stunning debut from "one of the best British writers to emerge in the past decade." (Julian Barnes)With a voice that is at once fierce and lyrical, Adam Foulds tells the story of the Mau Mau uprising against British colonial rule in 1950s Kenya. Tom, a young man who has returned to his familys farm, rapidly becomes caught up in the intensifying events of violence and brutality in a conflict Foulds illustrates as both utterly contemporary and yet deeply burdened by the history of race and empire in this region.The Broken Word was the recipient of the Costa (Whitbread) Poetry Award, and FouldssThe Quickening Maze was a finalist for the Man Booker Prize.
