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'Part of the power of Sugar Street lies in its style . . . in the prose you can feel the adrenaline of [the protagonist's] initial flight wearing off , his life shrinking down to a couple of city blocks . It's brilliantly done' Guardian
'A deft punch of a…
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1 author picked Sugar Street as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I loved the simplicity of the story and the care of the writing in this book.
A man commits a crime and plans to disappear and never be found. This book is so easy to track because it follows the main character through his many efforts to not draw the attention of the authorities, which is not easy in this day and age of electronic breadcrumbs and video surveillance everywhere. He settles in a small town, renting a space on Sugar Street, and tries to keep a low profile, but the low-life characters he comes across—a byproduct of efforts to…
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