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Lieferstatus:	Auf Bestellung (Lieferzeit unbekannt)
Veröffentlichung:	April 2021
Genre:	Romane, Erzählungen, Gedichte
	Biographical / Biographical fiction / Central Scotland / Coming of age / Friendship / Glasgow / Narrative theme# Coming of age / Narrative theme# Social issues / Urban / Urban communities
ISBN:	9781529017366
EAN-Code:	9781529017366
Verlag:	Pan macmillan Ltd.
Einband:	Kartoniert
Sprache:	English
Dimensionen:	H 197 mm / B 131 mm / D 25 mm
Gewicht:	274 gr
Seiten:	400
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The Times top ten bestseller Granta Best of Young British Novelists 2023 Scots Book o the Year 2021 Winner of the Somerset Maugham Award & Betty Trask Award 2021 '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