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Pigeon English by Stephen Kelman is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Pigeon English about?

Stephen Kelman’s spellbinding portrayal of a boy balancing on the edge of manhood, and the forces around him that try to shape the way he falls.Eleven-year-old Harrison Opoku lives in a block of flats on an inner-city estate. From his ninth-floor balcony, Harri absorbs the strange elements of his new life in England: watching, listening, and learning the tricks of survival. When a boy is knifed to death and a police appeal for witnesses draws only silence, Harri decides to start an investigation of his own. In doing so, he unwittingly endangers the fragile web his mother has spun around her family to keep them safe."[C]harm and peril are on full display in Stephen Kelman's first novel...[a] mixture of ridiculous observations and accidental insights makes Pigeon English continually surprising and endearing...Whether [Harrison's] explaining the rules of farting or the tragedy of gang killings, there's a sweetness here that's irresistible." - Ron Charles, The Washington PostStephen Kelman's debut novel Pigeon English was shortlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize and the Guardian First Book Award. Kelman was also shortlisted for the New Writer of the Year Award at the 2011 Galaxy Nat

Who reads Pigeon English?

Author

Stephen Kelman

Publisher

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company

Published

2011

Language

EN

ISBN

9780547500607

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Mystery, Literary Fiction

Rating

3.51 / 5 (7,045 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14