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Sayon Hughes, a young Black man from Bristol, dreams of a world far removed from the one in which he was raised. Far removed from the torn slips outside the bookie's, the burnt spoons and the crooked solutions his community embraces; most of all, removed from the Christianity of his uncaring parents and the prejudice of law-makers. But after an altercation in which a boy is killed, Sayon finds his loyalties torn and his dream of a better life in peril. Reviews What struck me most forcibly about An Olive Grove in Ends was the poetic strength and majesty of its prose - as the ...Read More