An urgent debut set in multicultural London which takes the reader on a frightening journey into online radicalisation

NOMINATED FOR THE 2025 GORDON BURN PRIZE 'A politically engaged, urgently plotted coming-of-age thriller with a wicked satirical streak' OBSERVER 'A brilliant dissection of race, identity, masculinity and extremism' MONICA ALI 'Riveting ... A blistering and prescient novel' FERDIA LENNON, author of Glorious Exploits In an East London borough, two second-generation immigrants search for a sense of identity and belonging amid a wave of online radicalisation and extremism. College student David survives through music and multiplayer video games. Attacked by his classmates for the controversial on-stage comments of his musical idol Karl Williams, he retreats into an online world of far-right ideologies and toxic masculinity. Hassan, too, is alienated from his friends, who drink, smoke weed and mock his volunteer work at the local mosque. As the young men struggle to find a path through a hostile-seeming world, their fates become tragically, catastrophically intertwined.

"Thrilling ... a darkly humorous and highly topical novel" - Spectator

"A subtle, satirical debut smartly explores the reasons frightened teenage boys become dangerous men. Padamsee's handling of this enduring theme, more than his novel's topicality, is what marks it out as a debut of subtle intelligence and artistry" - Financial Times

"A politically engaged, urgently plotted coming-of-age thriller with a wicked satirical streak" - Observer

"Deeply astute and devastating in its commentary on immigrant communities ... Padamsee tackles difficult issues with a deftness rare for debuts" - Guardian

"Brilliant ... I was gripped by this original story about online radicalisation, wounded masculinity, disaffected youth and a desperate search for identity" - Daily Mail

"Nuanced and remarkably assured ... England Is Mine offers a searing indictment of the factionalism and marginalisation that grip 21st-century Britain" - Observer

"Heart-breaking . . . captures modern times in the UK perceptively" - Peter Doherty

"Fluid, controlled and original, England Is Mine is a memorable contribution to the burgeoning genre of the internet novel" - Times Literary Supplement

"This is one hell of a debut novel. Truly lovable characters become subjected to the dehumanising forces of modern Britain, hurtling towards an increasingly inevitable finale ... extraordinary" - Buzz Magazine

"A frightening journey into online radicalisation" - Hero Magazine