Book Details

The Times top ten bestseller.

'An instant Scottish classic' - The Skinny
'A swaggering, incendiary debut' - Guardian
'Trainspotting for a new generation' - Independent
'Dialect that fizzes off the page' - 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.