Synopsis
The Times Top Ten Bestseller
A Granta Best of Young British Novelist
‘Trainspotting for a new generation’ – Independent
‘An instant Scottish classic’ – The Skinny
2005. 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.
2004. Azzy Williams joins the Young Team...
Details
01 April 2021400 pages
9781529017366Imprint: Picador
Reviews
A swaggering, incendiary debut . . . The non-standard English forges a dazzling poetry of its own . . . pitches Armstrong straight into the first division of Scottish writers.Jude Cook, The Guardian
The Young Team is a landmark in Scottish literature. It reminds me of Catcher in the Rye and The Great Gatsby.Damian Barr, author of Maggie & Me
Armstrong’s hard-hitting novel is Trainspotting for a new generation.The Independent
Raw and lyrical . . . written in a voice that recalls Irvine Welsh and Alan Warner – dialect that fizzes off the page.The Observer
