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Awaydays
Series: Canons
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Brief Description
I am the product of a blank generation. I live for kicks. I live for me. Birkenhead, 1979. The Pack, a violent mob of Stanley-knife-wielding football hooligans, follow their team across the Northern wastelands to their away games—earning a reputation as the nastiest crew in the...
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Awaydays
A powerful portrait of a time and culture, of late 70s to early 80s and football hooligan gangs, of working-class lives and men left abandoned by Thatcher's Britain
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Description
I am the product of a blank generation. I live for kicks. I live for me.
Birkenhead, 1979. The Pack, a violent mob of Stanley-knife-wielding football hooligans, follow their team across the Northern wastelands to their away games—earning a reputation as the nastiest crew in the Third Division. For the young working-class men with no way out, their lives revolve around the fashion, the music, and the mayhem. But for two of them, Carty and Elvis, escaping towards a different future might mean leaving each other behind.
Quickly gaining cult status when first published, Awaydays is both a powerful evocation of a time and a culture, and a poignant coming-of-age story about finding your identity, escaping your circumstances, and the unspoken intensity of male friendships.
Series: Canons
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Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781837261895
Publisher: Canongate Books
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 01 August 2024
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Canongate Canons
Edition: Main - Canons
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 13.0mm
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 159g
Pages: 224
About the Author
Kevin Sampson is a British novelist and screenwriter, best known for his novels Awaydays (1998), Powder (1999), Stars Are Stars (2006) and The Killing Pool (2014). He began his career in the music industry by writing gig reviews for NME in the 80s and has written for i-D, Arena, Sounds, Time Out and the Observer. He was part of Produce Records, who had a string of Top 40 hits in the 90s including The Farm's 'Groovy Train' and 'All Together Now'. His screenwriting credits include Anne (ITV, 2022), The Hunt for Raoul Moat (2023) and the film adaption of Awaydays (2009).
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