Jo Castle, Londoner and thirty-something firefighter, wants to save the world by being the opposite of Jack Reacher. She starts with care - care for her friends and family, care for community, care for the planet. Together with best friend Miranda, step-brother Mike and ex-boyfriend Robert, Jo turns a giant music festival on an island in the River Thames into the living city of Visco. Visco is a 'carnival of care', a radical experiment that challenges the very bedrock of capitalism. The story of its emergence, and how it overcomes the Establishment, is a ray of hope in dark times.
Winner of the Green Stories Novel Prize 2020
"A beautiful, dazzling and unique novel." Professor Ian Gough, LSE and University of Bath.
"An ambitious and innovative novel that is impressive in both scope and subject matter." Lorena Goldsmith, Literary Consultant.
"Quite unique. Clever, funny and uplifting." Stephanie Heath.
"Really enjoyable. Beautiful, spare yet punchy writing style." Elina Kivinen
"An ambitious work of literary fiction with wonderfully rounded and diverse characters." Denise Baden, Green Stories.
