Booker Shortlist 2011: Pigeon English – Stephen Kelman

There’s something missing from Stephen Kelman’s Booker shortlisted novel – a glossary of Ghanese slang. Believe me, if I had found this prior to page 150 (or thereabouts) I would have been much less irritated.  Call me slow on the uptake but I persisted until I worked out the meanings of dope-fine (nothing to do [...]

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