The Lost Love Songs of Boysie Singh: FROM THE WINNER OF THE COSTA FIRST NOVEL AWARD
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By Ingrid Persaud
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FROM THE WINNER OF THE INDIE BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION 2021
‘With Ingrid Persaud’s, assured, wizened and brilliant hand at the pen, these women become vitally, thrillingly, and unforgettably alive.’ MARLON JAMES
‘A voice that has a vibrancy of its own.’ RACHEL JOYCE
‘A talented and engaging storyteller.’ Sunday Times
‘Persaud has a knack for finding the sublime in the ordinary.’ SARA COLLINS, Guardian
From the award-winning author of Love After Love, comes an epic of wonder, danger and risk.
This is the tale of four women.
Popo: brilliant, vulnerable and stuck. She’s determined to free herself from the traps of her past.
Mana Lala: a devoted mother – her only connection to her man is their little boy, and she will do anything to keep them both close.
For Doris, well, he’s glorious and once she’s licked him into shape, her husband presents an opportunity to climb the social ladder. She’s heard the awful stories, but she’s sure they won’t be hers.
Rosie just wants to mind her business, her lover, Etty, and her store.
Four lives, connected and controlled by one man: the notorious, charismatic gangster Boysie Singh. Pull up a chair and let these women tell of the man they believed could love, help or free them, and how some of them survived to tell a tale at all.
PRAISE FOR LOVE AFTER LOVE
‘A beautiful book. I adored it.’ RICHARD OSMAN
‘Full of wit and soul.’ TRACY CHEVALIER
‘It made me ugly cry.’ JESSIE BURTON
‘Glorious’ RACHEL JOYCE
Reviews
An excellent book. The author writes about four ladies lives in Trinidad all who end up with a terrible person named Boysie Singh. He cheats on all of them.
He steals from people, kills people and is a serious gambler. He has a child with one of the women and Marry’s another women, he uses women badly. Each woman has a unique story.
Felt sympathy for the child and the four women. Boysie is a real gangster. The author has done a brilliant job of portraying what life is like in Trinidad and the culture of Indian people.
I loved the way the Author had written using Trinidadian dialect. I understood a lot of the terminology. Highly recommend this book although get ready to Google some of the words. Overall very entertaining book
