In Our Mad and Furious City, which was spurred by the murder of Lee Rigby and nominated for the Man Booker prize, takes the award for writers of colour
Guy Gunaratne has won the Jhalak prize for writers of colour for his Man Booker prize-nominated debut In Our Mad and Furious City, a novel that unfolds over 48-hours on a London council estate and was praised by judges as “timely and important”.
Gunaratne, who worked as a journalist and documentary film-maker before turning to writing, grew up in north-west London with Sri Lankan parents. In Our Mad and Furious City, which is set during a summer of unrest that begins when an off-duty soldier is murdered by a black man, was spurred by the murder of Lee Rigby.
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