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Publisher: Canongate
Author: Ray Shell
ISBN: 9781838859961
Year: 2023
Format: Paperback
Fiction
Iced
by
Ray Shell
Iced by
Ray Shell
Reviews
"Its first-person narrative is energised by the power of the speaking voice, which expresses itself in a jagged, syncopated style reminiscent of a rap monologue… It’s difficult to put down, even during its most violent moments."
New Yorker
Summary
Cornelius Washington is brimming with ambition and talent before his life is torn apart by a crack addiction. Taking the form of a diary and written in an arresting stream-of-consciousness style, Iced ponders the gritty realities of Cornelius’s present and past upheavals that have led him here.
Iced paints a portrait of being Black in America and the ways marginalised communities suffer the consequences of shortsighted political policies. First published in 1993, in the wake of the crack epidemic, Iced mixes the syncopated language of the streets with poetry from the heart to take the reader deep into the horrifying world of addiction.