nytimes June 28, 2021 4:00pm With a Violent Debut, He Reveals a London That Is Rarely Seen #booksandliterature #writingandwriters #manbookerprize #krauzegabriel #londonengland #whotheywasbook #contenttypepersonalprofile #prisonsandprisoners #news With a Violent Debut, He Reveals a London That Is Rarely Seen “Who They Was,” an autobiographical novel about life in public housing and prison, is relentlessly bleak. It had to be, the author, Gabriel Krauze, says.