Your Driver Is Waiting

Priya Guns is a Creative Writing graduate from Kingston University. A former teacher she is an actor and PhD student previously published in short story anthologies <i>gal-dem</i> <i>Spring </i>magazine and anonymously in the <i>Guardian</i>. <i>Your Driver Is Waiting</i> is her debut novel.<br><br>Twitter: @priya_guns <br>Instagram: @priya.guns <b>'What you are about to read is a call to arms. Best to prepare for a confrontation.' <i>New York Times Book Review</i></b><br><br><b>'A hard-hitting masterpiece. I devoured it.' Kristen Arnett author of WITH TEETH </b><br><br><b>'A madcap story you won't want to put down' Rachel Yoder author of NIGHTBITCH </b><br><br>Damani is tired. Every day she cares for her mum drives ride shares to pay the bills and is angry at a world that promised her more before spitting her out. The city is alive with protests fighting <i>for people like her </i>but Damani can barely afford - literally - to pay attention.<br><br>That is until the summer she meets Jolene and life opens up. Jolene seems like she could be the perfect girlfriend - attentive attractive an ally - and their chemistry is undeniable. Jolene's done the reading she goes to every protest she has all the right answers. So maybe Damani can look past the one thing that's holding her back: Jolene is <i>rich. </i>And not only rich but white too. But just as their romance intensifies just as Damani learns to trust Jolene does something unforgivable setting off a truly explosive chain of events.<br><br>Brimming with heart humour and rage <i>Your Driver Is Waiting </i>is a powerful blackly funny social satire that announces the arrival of a fearless new voice. <b>An electrifying battle cry against the gig economy; a fierce debut on love privilege anger and revenge in all their messy forms from a blazing unstoppable debut talent.</b> The novel's greatest strength - a ferocity of voice that belongs to Guns alone... What you are about to read is a call to arms. Best to prepare for a confrontation. Funny angry beautifully written and a compulsive page-turner I devoured it. A ferocious new voice. A fierce and immersive debut. A story that made me rock back and forth with awe. Priya Guns's voice blazes on the page with humour heart and a fortitude that is inspiring to behold. There's no doubt who's in the driver's seat. I was just grateful to be along for the ride. A compelling character study with an electrifying ending <i>Your Driver is Waiting</i> offers a potent social critique overflowing with love despair passion and rage. Priya Guns brings to the page a voice infused with both bravado and vulnerability in this madcap story you won't want to put down. <i>Your Driver Is Waiting</i> is a perfect gut punch of a novel. This is my favorite kind of writing full of love and real friendship and frustrations boiled over and the urge to burn everything down. Priya Guns is phenomenal here her writing is laser-focused and hilarious and full of aching need. This is a hard-hitting masterpiece. I devoured it. In powerful and unrelenting prose Priya Guns's <i>Your Driver is Waiting</i> has accomplished a nearly impossible feat: scathing social commentary about the inequalities of modern day America in a propulsive funny and tender story about love community and loss. Damani is an unforgettable heroine that now lives rent-free in my heart. Welcome her into yours. <i>Your Driver Is Waiting</i> captures something vital about our contemporary moment about the millions of lives spent on the margins. It's deft enough to navigate questions of class precarity race and economic displacement while managing to be so full of hope full of fight full of heart. <i>Your Driver Is Waiting </i>is so real it's scary... Guns expertly exposes the palpable dangers of 'well-meaning' white folks and calls into question who if anyone is to be held accountable for the growing ills of modern society. However she also shows us that a brighter world isn't in our rear-view but right in front of us so long as we choose to drive on. You'll want to take this ride. Guns' sharp and bonkers debut reimagines <i>Taxi Driver</i> for the Uber era... plenty of rich commentary on gig work race and white privilege. This has plenty of bite. From page one this novel had its hands around my neck. A voice that is somehow simultaneously fearless and intensely vulnerable. The only thing slicker than her narrator's driving is Guns's ability to deliver sharp social commentary that will make you unsure of whether you want to laugh or cry. <i>Your Driver Is Waiting</i> is an unhinged joyride - whether you buckle up or not you're sure to be gripping the edge of your seat. A biting and uproarious take on the gig economy capitalism and race this is the kind of book you read in one sitting. It's simply impossible to put this book down. Fierce and dynamic... Guns's debut immediately marks her as a writer to watch for years to come. A retelling of the movie <i>Taxi Driver</i> featuring a ride-share driver? An incredible premise for a novel that explores work class and solidarity (or the lack thereof). A crackling social commentary on the social justice movements of our time the gig economy performative wokeness and who gets to speak on behalf of the disadvantaged. It's a fast-paced read that begs to be devoured. As fresh as fiction comes... brash and brilliantly inventive... Honest fiery and fearless <i>Your Driver is Waiting</i> is a whip-smart wild ride of a novel. A gripping social satire... A fast-paced pageturner sure to keep you hooked until the very last word. A remarkable piece of writing... A fast-paced narrative with bite and above all Damani - smart funny brave and feral - a character not soon forgotten. A five-star ride dripping in vivid sensuality: a Taxi Driver for the Uber generation and a heart-rending tale of queer lust across social strata Travis Bickle meet Toni Morrison... It's rare for a writer to marry such deep social consciousness with a comic sultry romance rarer still to pull that off in a way that satisfies and provokes the reader. A rollicking debut... Priya Guns deserves a big tip for taking us on such an enthralling ride. A sharp satisfying read with characters worth noticing and biting commentary on capitalism community allyship Searing and sexy Houses the radical politics found in the work of Yara Rodrigues Fowler and Meena Kandasamy yet the brazenness and forthrightness of her prose puts Guns in a space of her own. How far will you go for love or to survive? What happens when you reach a tipping point? And how do you know how to live when you've never been given the freedom to? <b>With a full tank and rage in her revolutionary heart Damani drives towards a better world.</b> The novel's greatest strength - a ferocity of voice that belongs to Guns alone... What you are about to read is a call to arms. Best to prepare for a confrontation. Funny angry beautifully written and a compulsive page-turner I devoured it. A ferocious new voice. A fierce and immersive debut. A story that made me rock back and forth with awe. Priya Guns's voice blazes on the page with humour heart and a fortitude that is inspiring to behold. There's no doubt who's in the driver's seat. I was just grateful to be along for the ride. A compelling character study with an electrifying ending <i>Your Driver is Waiting</i> offers a potent social critique overflowing with love despair passion and rage. Priya Guns brings to the page a voice infused with both bravado and vulnerability in this madcap story you won't want to put down. <i>Your Driver Is Waiting</i> is a perfect gut punch of a novel. This is my favorite kind of writing full of love and real friendship and frustrations boiled over and the urge to burn everything down. Priya Guns is phenomenal here her writing is laser-focused and hilarious and full of aching need. This is a hard-hitting masterpiece. I devoured it. In powerful and unrelenting prose Priya Guns's <i>Your Driver is Waiting</i> has accomplished a nearly impossible feat: scathing social commentary about the inequalities of modern day America in a propulsive funny and tender story about love community and loss. Damani is an unforgettable heroine that now lives rent-free in my heart. Welcome her into yours. <i>Your Driver Is Waiting</i> captures something vital about our contemporary moment about the millions of lives spent on the margins. It's deft enough to navigate questions of class precarity race and economic displacement while managing to be so full of hope full of fight full of heart. <i>Your Driver Is Waiting </i>is so real it's scary... Guns expertly exposes the palpable dangers of 'well-meaning' white folks and calls into question who if anyone is to be held accountable for the growing ills of modern society. However she also shows us that a brighter world isn't in our rear-view but right in front of us so long as we choose to drive on. You'll want to take this ride. Guns' sharp and bonkers debut reimagines <i>Taxi Driver</i> for the Uber era... plenty of rich commentary on gig work race and white privilege. This has plenty of bite. From page one this novel had its hands around my neck. A voice that is somehow simultaneously fearless and intensely vulnerable. The only thing slicker than her narrator's driving is Guns's ability to deliver sharp social commentary that will make you unsure of whether you want to laugh or cry. <i>Your Driver Is Waiting</i> is an unhinged joyride - whether you buckle up or not you're sure to be gripping the edge of your seat. A biting and uproarious take on the gig economy capitalism and race this is the kind of book you read in one sitting. It's simply impossible to put this book down. Fierce and dynamic... Guns's debut immediately marks her as a writer to watch for years to come. A retelling of the movie <i>Taxi Driver</i> featuring a ride-share driver? An incredible premise for a novel that explores work class and solidarity (or the lack thereof). A crackling social commentary on the social justice movements of our time the gig economy performative wokeness and who gets to speak on behalf of the disadvantaged. It's a fast-paced read that begs to be devoured. As fresh as fiction comes... brash and brilliantly inventive... Honest fiery and fearless <i>Your Driver is Waiting</i> is a whip-smart wild ride of a novel. A gripping social satire... A fast-paced pageturner sure to keep you hooked until the very last word. A remarkable piece of writing... A fast-paced narrative with bite and above all Damani - smart funny brave and feral - a character not soon forgotten. A five-star ride dripping in vivid sensuality: a Taxi Driver for the Uber generation and a heart-rending tale of queer lust across social strata Travis Bickle meet Toni Morrison... It's rare for a writer to marry such deep social consciousness with a comic sultry romance rarer still to pull that off in a way that satisfies and provokes the reader. A rollicking debut... Priya Guns deserves a big tip for taking us on such an enthralling ride. A sharp satisfying read with characters worth noticing and biting commentary on capitalism community allyship Searing and sexy Houses the radical politics found in the work of Yara Rodrigues Fowler and Meena Kandasamy yet the brazenness and forthrightness of her prose puts Guns in a space of her own. How far will you go for love or to survive? What happens when you reach a tipping point? And how do you know how to live when you've never been given the freedom to? <b>With a full tank and rage in her revolutionary heart Damani drives towards a better world.</b>