"Raw and lyrical . . . written in a voice that recalls Irvine Welsh and Alan Warner – dialect that fizzes off the page." Observer
'Vivid, dynamic and sharp as a whip." Janice Galloway, author of The Trick is to Keep Breathing
"Updated Trainspotting for a new generation." The Guardian's Best Fiction List 2020 on The Young Team
This audiobook is captivatingly read by the author, Graeme Armstrong.
The Times top ten bestseller
Granta Best of Young British Novelists
Scots Book of the Year
Winner of the Somerset Maugham Award & Betty Trask Award
`Trainspotting for a new generation' - Independent
`An instant Scottish classic' - The Skinny
2005. Glasgow is named Europe's Murder Capital, driven by a violent territorial gang and knife culture. In the housing schemes of adjacent Lanarkshire, Scotland's former industrial heartland, wee boys become postcode warriors.
2004. Azzy Williams joins the Young Team [YTP]. A brutal gang conflict with their deadly rivals, the Young Toi [YTB] begins.
2012. Azzy dreams of another life. He faces his toughest fight of all - the fight for a different future.
Expect Buckfast. Expect bravado. Expect street philosophy. Expect rave culture. Expect anxiety. Expect addiction. Expect a serious facial injury every six hours. Expect murder.
Hope for a way out.
Inspired by the experiences of its author, Graeme Armstrong, The Young Team is an energetic novel, full of the loyalty, laughs, mischief, boredom, violence and threat of life on these streets. It looks beyond the tabloid stereotypes to tell a powerful story about the realities of life for young people in Britain today.
`A swaggering, incendiary debut' - Guardian
`Dialect that fizzes off the page' - Observer
`One of the most admired young voices in British fiction' - The Times
This audiobook is captivatingly read by the author, Graeme Armstrong.
The Times top ten bestseller
Granta Best of Young British Novelists
Scots Book of the Year
Winner of the Somerset Maugham Award & Betty Trask Award
`Trainspotting for a new generation' - Independent
`An instant Scottish classic' - The Skinny
2005. Glasgow is named Europe's Murder Capital, driven by a violent territorial gang and knife culture. In the housing schemes of adjacent Lanarkshire, Scotland's former industrial heartland, wee boys become postcode warriors.
2004. Azzy Williams joins the Young Team [YTP]. A brutal gang conflict with their deadly rivals, the Young Toi [YTB] begins.
2012. Azzy dreams of another life. He faces his toughest fight of all - the fight for a different future.
Expect Buckfast. Expect bravado. Expect street philosophy. Expect rave culture. Expect anxiety. Expect addiction. Expect a serious facial injury every six hours. Expect murder.
Hope for a way out.
Inspired by the experiences of its author, Graeme Armstrong, The Young Team is an energetic novel, full of the loyalty, laughs, mischief, boredom, violence and threat of life on these streets. It looks beyond the tabloid stereotypes to tell a powerful story about the realities of life for young people in Britain today.
`A swaggering, incendiary debut' - Guardian
`Dialect that fizzes off the page' - Observer
`One of the most admired young voices in British fiction' - The Times
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Product Details
BN ID: | 2940173314161 |
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Publisher: | Pan Macmillan |
Publication date: | 06/25/2020 |
Edition description: | Unabridged |