Inspector Dreadlock Holmes 2024 and Other Stories by Agard, John NEUF

Product Name: Inspector Dreadlock Holmes 2024 and Other Stories by Agard, John NEUF
EAN：9781913109875 UPC：9781913109875 ISBN：9781913109875 MPN：N/A Format：Paperback, 272 pages
In the title story, Inspector Dreadlock Holmes and his sidekick Rudeyard Fly are sent for by the Criminal Investigation Department of Middleham-by-Sea - a little town known for tea shops, pet shops, and florists - in short, a rustic retreat for naughty weekends. Keen to kick-start their diversity policy, the Department sends for two Black cops who see this as a chance to prove their cross-cultural mettle and solve the brutal attack on Lord Montagu, a controversial political figure found unconscious with a courgette by his side.
In other stories, an Anansi spider stows away on the Windrush, Cod and Chips are usurped by Chicken Tikka Marsala, and a white landscape gardener who admires Capability Brown 2024 has a mixed-race child, Cosmopolitan Brown, who is dispossessed by voices from history, including that of Martin Luther King.
Surreal and playful, John Agards stories reveal hidden truths that subtly change our view of who we are and where we come from..