The Dancing Face
A collection of rediscovered works celebrating Black Britain curated by Booker Prize-winner Bernardine Evaristo
$22.99
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
4 May 2021
Summary
A sensational, original art heist thriller about the high stakes theft of a priceless African artefact and its dark consequences.
University lecturer Gus knows that stealing the priceless Benin mask, The Dancing Face, from a museum at the heart of the British establishment will gain an avalanche of attention. Which is exactly what he wants.
But such a risky theft will also inevitably capture the attention of characters with more money, more power, and fewer morals.
Nai…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241482674 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0241482674 |
| Author: | Mike Phillips, Bernardine Evaristo |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 4 May 2021 |
| Weight: | 234g |
| Dimensions: | 20mm x 129mm x 198mm |
| Series: | Black Britain: Writing Back |
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Critics Review
The Dancing Face has the page-turning quality of all good crime novels … The characters in The Dancing Face, as well as the relationships that link them, are extremely well fleshed-out … The ability to expose the many different aspects of political issues in a digestible way is one of the beauties of fiction, and Phillips makes use of it masterfully in The Dancing Face * Bad Form *
Mike Phillips could be placed between David Caute and Jeffrey Archer as a skilled creator of street-level relationships that revolve around crime * Independent *
Mike Phillips
Mike Phillips was born in Guyana and grew up in London. He worked for the BBC as a journalist and broadcaster on television programmes including The Late Show and Omnibus, before becoming a lecturer in media studies at the University of Westminster.
He has written many critically-acclaimed crime novels, including:
- Blood Rights (adapted for BBC television)
- The Late Candidate (winner of the Crime Writers’ Association Macallan Silver Dagger for Fiction)
- Point of Darkness
- An Image to Die For
- A Shadow of Myself
- Kind of Union
He co-wrote Windrush: The Irresistible Rise of Multi-Racial Britain to accompany the BBC television series, and an essay collection, London Crossings: A Biography of Black Britain (2001).
Appointed the first Cross Cultural Curator for the Tate Galleries in 2005, Mike also wrote for The Guardian. His public service includes trusteeships of the National Heritage Memorial Fund and the Heritage Lottery Fund. Most recently, he served as an independent adviser to Inspector of Constabulary Wendy Williams’ Windrush; Lessons Learned Review for the Home Office.
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