Brixton Bwoy (SCARCE FIRST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL SIGNED BY AUTHOR, ROCKY CARR)

London: Fourth Estate, 1998. VG. First Edition, First Printing. A Paperback Original. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY AUTHOR, ROCKY CARR, TO JASON DUNN-SHAW. Inscription reads, 'To Mr Jason Dunn-Shaw/The Best Criminal/Barrister I've ever/experienced, in a high court/throughout my life. I thought/you was sincere and great!!!/Thank you very very much. You're the best!!!/Sign Rocky Carr'. Jason Dunn-Shaw died on March 13 2021. A fictional novel about Pupatee, a nen-year-old boy sent Englan from 1960s rurla Jamaica to 'get a proper education'. Newly arrived In London to live with his adult Brother Joe, for the first he sees snow, light switches, televsion. The young boy begins to spend more and more time on the streets, stealing bicycles, pickpocketing, shoplifting - crimes that lead to more serious offences that land him in borstal and prison. Fresh and unflinching it is a n honest account of a West Indian boy's strange journey into adulthood and the South London streets that shape him. Chiipping and corner creasing to front cover; else a very good copy of a SCARCE first edition, first printing INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY AUTHOR, ROCKY CARR.. Presentation Copy Inscribed And Signed. First Edition, First Printing. Paperback Original. Very Good.