• ISBN13: 9781849431996
• Binding: Paperback
• Subject: N/A
• Publisher: Oberon Books
• Publisher Imprint: Oberon Books
• Publication Date: N/A
• Pages: 63
• Original Price: INR 975.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 91 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

From tweets by taxi drivers to accounts by riot police, The Riots builds a real-time picture of London's 2011 summer riots. Through interviews with politicians, law enforcement, teachers, lawyers, community leaders, victims, and onlookers, The Riots analyzes what happened, why it happened, and what can be done.

Gillian Slovo was born in South Africa and lives in London. She is the author of ten novels and a family memoir, Every Secret Thing. Of her last two novels; Red Dust, winner of the RFI temoin du monde prize in France, has been made into a film; and Ice Road has been shortlisted for the Orange prize. Previous plays include verbatim play Guantanamo: Honour Bound to Defend Freedom, published & performed to great acclaim.