Review: Highly entertaining
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 4, 2013
Finally, a delightfully refreshing read! Jason Dixon's `London Calling' is intimately powerful and compelling--not ten pages into the novel, you're helplessly hooked.The problem with Jericho Wynter is not only he's black, but he's also not taking things sitting down. Immigrating straight from Jamaica to 1940s London, a volatile time when nerves are frayed and suspicions are at an all-time high,  Wynter hopes to find a better life and somehow rise in the social, if not financial, ladder. But almost as soon as he thinks he has settled, his former boss is murdered, with him as the obvious suspect. If that's not enough, his temper isn't helping him either, especially when his innate intelligence informs him of what is right and wrong and what must be done. Worse, that's not his only problem--from the daily vicissitudes of trying to survive in the city, to trying to stay faithful to his beloved, life for Wynter is one heck of a rollercoaster ride--and it's a ride you'll hitch along and grit your teeth with him.Overall, `London Calling' is a deliciously entertaining read--you'll be awed at Wynter's adventures and misadventures, and you'll love how, in the end, he settles scores and emerges on a moral high ground. Add to that is author Dixon's strong sense of atmosphere and verisimilitude, his uncanny knack for spot-on prosody, and a language that is just a breeze to read. Thanks to Dixon, Jericho Wynter is someone you will want to read more about, so I'm hoping the author produces a sequel to `London Calling', and soon. Highly recommended!