You don't often see British Asian girls going out with British Afro-Caribbean lads. But Simran falls for Tyrone as soon as she spots him in a crowd. He's tall, handsome and funny. And he fancies her back too. The problem for Simran's family is that he is black. And for them that's the last taboo.

Blacks and Asians don't mix say the racists in Simran's life. They ain't like us and it just ain't right for an Asian girl to be mixing with some kalah. Where's the honour in that? But Simran chooses not to listen and heads straight into a world of grief, hand in hand with Tyrone.

Meanwhile Simran's brother David is having to justify being best friends with Dean, who is also black. David's uncles and cousins think he is too young to see the truth for what it is. But David ain't listening. For him, truth doesn't come with racism attached. On the streets, at school and at the football, serious tensions are building between the ethnic minorities and they are about to explode...

The Last Taboo is a novel which explores inter-ethnic conflict right here in the UK. It looks into one of the most underexposed aspects of our multicultural society - the conflict that exists between racists who are black and brown skinned. Can Simran, Tyrone, David and Dean overcome the conflict all around them or will it destroy their friendships. And when ethnic rivalry brings tragic results, can love for your fellow person, whatever their race, ever save the day.

Set mostly in the modern day, The Last Taboo also takes us back to the Leicester of the late 1970's - a time when neo-nazi skinheads hunted ethnic minorities in the streets - and weaves two stories together, as three generations come to terms with racial prejudice and abuse.

 

'a powerful depiction of family history, cultural prejudice and gang culture...hard hitting' - The Bookseller.

 

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