The Young Team

di Graeme Armstrong (Autore)

Picador, 2020

This audiobook is narrated with stunning authenticity by the author, Graeme Armstrong. The Times Top Ten Bestseller A Granta Best of Young British Novelist ‘Trainspotting for a new generation’ – Independent ‘An instant Scottish classic’ – The Skinny 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. Azzy Williams joins the Young Team [YTP]. A brutal gang conflict with their deadly rivals, the Young Toi [YTB] begins. 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’ – The Guardian ‘Dialect that fizzes off the page’ – The Observer **‘One of the most admired young voices in British fiction’ – The Times Scots Book o the Year Winner of the Somerset Maugham Award & Betty Trask Award** Listeners are loving The Young Team: 'Absolutely fantastic. Enthralling from beginning to end' 'Seriously the best audiobook I have listened to!' 'This book is outstanding . . . Graeme Armstrong’s narration brings the characters to life'

• Autore: Graeme Armstrong
• Durata in (hh:mm:ss): 10:33:27
• Anno edizione: 2020
• Editore: Picador
• Lingua: Inglese
• EAN: 9781529017359