Everywhere You Don't Belong by Gabriel Bump

We are thrilled to have him adapt his own work to preserve that rare balance of urgency and hilarity,” added Callan and King. Gabriel’s voice is singularly funny and cutting at the same time we fell in love with the book. “ Everywhere You Don’t Belong captures a pivotal moment in time for Chicago’s South Side and its young protagonist. A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of 2020 Raised by his activist grandmother on the South Side of Chicago, Claude McKay Love is a young Black man. Written in a fierce and original voice attuned to the ironies inherent in our twenty-first-century landscape, Everywhere You Don’t Belong marks the arrival of a brilliant young talent. I hope everyone enjoys what we put together as much as we’ve enjoyed making it.” Gabriel Bump has established himself as a stunning talent to be reckoned with. It feels like we’re making something special. “Through each step in the creative process, they’ve unlocked new and exciting facets of Everywhere You Don’t Belong. Gabriel Bump’s debut novel, Everywhere You Don’t Belong, offers a coming-of-age story about Claude McKay Love, a young black boy raised by his eccentric grandmother and her longtime friend Paul in Chicago’s South Shore neighborhood. “Patrick and Jonathan are dream collaborators: brilliant, compassionate, and unafraid storytellers with impressive catalogues,” said Gabriel Bump. Bump has written a sprawling novel, despite the short length, with sharp bursts of wit that never undermine Claudes predicament. The company is developing feature adaptations of This Is Chance!: The Shaking of an All-American City, A Voice That Held It Together with Ol Parker, Swan Song with Mahershala Ali and The Other Dr. It is Concordia’s latest scripted project, although one of its first for the small screen.

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Everywhere You Don't Belong by Gabriel Bump