{"product_id":"the-young-team-granta-best-of-young-british-novelists-2023","title":"Graeme Armstrong: The Young Team [2021] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times \u003c\/i\u003etop ten bestseller\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGranta Best of Young British Novelists 2023\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eScots Book o the Year 2021\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the Somerset Maugham Award \u0026amp; Betty Trask Award 2021\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003ci\u003eTrainspotting\u003c\/i\u003e for a new generation'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e - \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An instant Scottish classic'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e - \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Skinny\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2005. 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2004. Azzy Williams joins the Young Team [YTP]. A brutal gang conflict with their deadly rivals, the Young Toi [YTB] begins.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2012. Azzy dreams of another life. He faces his toughest fight of all - the fight for a different future.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExpect Buckfast. Expect bravado. Expect street philosophy. Expect rave culture. Expect anxiety. Expect addiction. Expect a serious facial injury every six hours. Expect murder.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHope for a way out.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInspired by the experiences of its author, Graeme Armstrong, \u003ci\u003eThe Young Team\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A swaggering, incendiary debut'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e - \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Dialect that fizzes off the page'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e - \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'One of the most admired young voices in British fiction'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e - \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Armstrong, Graeme","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":49645893255507,"sku":"9781529017366","price":14.27,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":47548740993363,"sku":"XV81529017366","price":5.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/armstrong-graeme-graeme-armstrong-the-young-team-2021-paperback-59623410827603.jpg?v=1729488732","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.pro\/products\/the-young-team-granta-best-of-young-british-novelists-2023","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}