{"product_id":"the-young-team-by-graeme-armstrong-signed-pre-order-for-collection-in-store-only","title":"The Young Team by Graeme Armstrong | Signed Pre-order for collection in store only.","description":"\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\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.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2004. Azzy Williams joins the Young Team [YTP]. A brutal gang conflict with their deadly rivals, the Young Toi [YTB] begins.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2012. Azzy dreams of another life. He faces his toughest fight of all – the fight for a different future.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eExpect Buckfast. Expect bravado. Expect street philosophy. Expect rave culture. Expect anxiety. Expect addiction. Expect a serious facial injury every six hours. Expect murder.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHope for a way out.\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for The Young Team\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Raw and lyrical . . . written in a voice that recalls Irvine Welsh and Alan Warner - dialect that fizzes off the page.' -\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Observer\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e'The Young Team\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a book full of guts, power, humour and humanity. This is a community not often seen in literature, depicted by a talented writer who intimately knows that world and the truth of this is seared in every sentence.' - \u003cstrong\u003eKerry Hudson, author of \u003ci\u003eLowborn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Graeme Armstrong's debut novel is an instant Scottish classic.' - \u003cstrong\u003eThe Skinny\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'It is\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eTrainspotting\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003emeets\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eClockwork Orange\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ein this depiction of gang life in North Lanarkshire . . . it gives us a voice from a place - geographically and socio-economically - we don't often hear from, and that's valuable . . . it also offers us growth and change, even optimism for the future, in Azzy's story. -- John Self.' - \u003cstrong\u003eThe Times\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Armstrong's hard-hitting novel is\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eTrainspotting\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efor a new generation, as the author draws on his own experiences to tell the coming of age of a young gang member in Airdrie.' - Sarah Hughes,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Independent\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Mount Florida Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40339538804931,"sku":"9781529017366","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0568\/2180\/9347\/products\/original_400_600.jpg?v=1628247642","url":"https:\/\/mountfloridabooks.com\/products\/the-young-team-by-graeme-armstrong-signed-pre-order-for-collection-in-store-only","provider":"Mount Florida Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}