This is London you won’t find in any guidebook. It’s the story of how to live in the present day. About boys who rush to become men and grow up on dangerous streets of a big city—and about girls trying not to get lost and to find their place. It’s a story of reputation—created and lost—of violence and revenge that never considers the cost. The 2020 Booker Prize longlist!
A debut novel in the auto-fiction genre by the author, who for several years was connected with the gangs of South Kilburn, one of London’s most dangerous districts. It’s a story of London that isn’t in any guidebook. It’s the story of how to live for today. About boys who hurry to become men and grow up on the dangerous streets of a big city—and girls trying not to get lost and to take their place. It’s a story of a reputation made and destroyed, of violence and revenge that never takes the cost into account.