Your Show
From Jamaica to Sheffield to the recently formed Premier League, Uri rises through the ranks as a referee, making it to the highest level of our national game. Your Show is the thrilling story of one man’s pioneering efforts to make it, against the odds, to the very top of his profession and beyond.
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A highly accomplished novel … a gripping, thought-provoking and important read.
The Uriah Rennie Show? Damn right it is.
From Jamaica to Sheffield to the recently formed Premier League, Uri rises through the ranks as a referee, making it to the highest level of our national game.
But along the way he is confronted with tensions and prejudices, old and new, which emerge as his every move is watched, analysed and commented on.
Your Show is the thrilling story of one man’s pioneering efforts to make it, against the odds, to the very top of his profession and beyond.
Fantastic.
Cover of hardback edition, April 2022
A novel rich in both poetry and detail.
Further praise for 'Your Show'
A thrilling and emotional look at the legacy of one of football’s most compelling heroes; it’s also wonderfully inventive, detailing a life lived with passion for the game, resilience against racism, hope and integrity.
Remakes the novel as an immersive, defiant, precise work of internal biography. The approach is as compelling and resolute as its subject.
Incredibly moving … Whether a fan of football or not, readers will love this novel, and its ultimate message – one of hope.
The football novel is back
Stirring, bold and powerful
Here is something entirely new, and brilliant: a novel-as-biography of the Premier League’s first black referee. . . It will linger with you long after you finish it.
A gripping, thought-provoking and important read.