Yardie

by Victor Headley

Overview

Now a major film directed by Idris Elba, Yardie by Victor Headley shines a light on the brutal underworld of 90s London gang culture.

At Heathrow Airport’s busy immigration desk, a newly arrived Jamaican strolls through with a kilo of top-grade cocaine strapped to his body. And keeps on walking . . .

By the time the syndicate get to hear about the missing consignment, D is in business – for himself – as the Front Line’s newest don.

But D’s treachery will never be forgotten – or forgiven. The message filters down from the Yardie crime lords to their soldiers on the streets:

Find D. Find the merchandise. And make him pay for his sins . . .

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781529000818
Publisher:	Pan Macmillan
Publication date:	05/31/2018
Series:	Aziza's Secret Fairy Door , #343
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	192
File size:	536 KB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Victor Headley (born 1959) is a Jamaican-born British author. He is the author of the bestselling novel Yardie, which gained cult status upon publication. Other books by Headley included Excess, Yush, Fetish, Here Comes the Bride, Off Duty and Seven Seals.
Victor Headley (born 1959) is a Jamaican-born British author. He is the author of the bestselling novel Yardie, which gained cult status upon publication. Other books by Headley included Excess, Yush, Fetish, Here Comes the Bride, Off Duty and Seven Seals.

Editorial Reviews

When ``D.,'' the protagonist of first-novelist Headley's well-crafted crime story, smuggles a kilo of cocaine into London from Jamaica, he sidesteps its would-be recipients and sells it himself, investing the proceeds in his own drug-dealing business. What follows is more than the familiar narrative of a criminal's rise and fall, for Headley tempers his pulp with rigorous observation that brings London's Jamaican community to life on the page. Characters such as Charlie, D.'s practical business partner, Donna, D's lover and protector, and Blue, a rival from Jamaica, have an appealing specificity. The dancehall reggae scene that D. and his gang inhabit is also well drawn. As D.'s business grows and encounters resistance, and reports on events in Kingston, New York and Miami become frequent, one realizes that Headley seeks to offer a window on the Jamaican diaspora beyond London. Conversely, however, D. himself, always something of a cypher, seems by the conclusion to be almost a minor character in his own drama. A planned sequel may perhaps provide insight into the gangster at the center of the intriguing world Headley has created. (Sept.)

Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly