What a lot you’ve got

Collection of short stories puts new author right up there with the literary greats

A brutal, raw and blisteringly brilliant collection of short fiction about a young man finding his place in his family and among the community in Houston, Texas, from an extraordinarily powerful new voice. The son of a black mother and a Latino father is coming of age. He’s working at his family’s restaurant, weathering his brother’s blows and resenting his older sister’s absence. And discovering he likes guys. Poverty, family, estrangement, drugs, violence and death are artfully explored though a unique mix of street talk and uncompromising prose. This outstanding collection echoes John Steinbeck and Tennessee Williams at their best. Bryan Washington is a prodigious talent. Out now