The Young Team
Graeme Armstrong
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
4.50
· 14 ratings · 401 pages · Published: 05 Mar 2020
‘An instant Scottish classic’ – The Skinny
‘A swaggering, incendiary debut’ – Guardian
‘Trainspotting for a new generation’ – Independent
‘Raw and lyrical’ – Observer
‘One of the most admired young voices in British fiction’ – The Times
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.
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