{"product_id":"the-young-team-graeme-armstrong","title":"The Young Team (Graeme Armstrong)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times \u003c\/i\u003etop ten bestseller\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\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eArmstrong, Graeme\u003cp\u003eGraeme Armstrong is a Scottish writer from Airdrie. His teenage years were spent within North Lanarkshire's gang culture. He was inspired to study English Literature following his reading of Irvine Welsh's \u003ci\u003eTrainspotting \u003c\/i\u003eat just sixteen. Alongside overcoming his own struggles with drug addiction, alcohol abuse and violence, he defied expectation to read English as an undergraduate at the University of Stirling; where, after graduating with honours, he returned to study a Masters' in Creative Writing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHis debut novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Young Team \u003c\/i\u003eis inspired by his experiences.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), B-format paperback, Englisch, 400 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65879015063901,"sku":"K091798120","price":11.3,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/9179812000001A.jpg?v=1788987069","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/the-young-team-graeme-armstrong","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}