
Visco, by David Fell
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.