11 excellent novels for summer reading

5. "Pigeon English," by Stephen Kelman

(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 288 pp.) What’s an 11-year-old Ghanian immigrant to do when he finds a dead body (he knows the victim) in front of his London housing project? Young Harri decides he must investigate, and then proceeds to charm readers with his commentary as he puts into practice the “CSI”-type techniques he’s seen on TV. (July)

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