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Wimmy Road Boyz

Name: Wimmy Road Boyz
Brand: Penguin Random House NZ
SKU: 9781529952643
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By Sufiyaan Salam

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The unmissable debut from the 2023/2024 #Merky Books New Writers' Prize winner. WINNER OF THE #MERKY BOOKS NEW WRITERS' PRIZE; A NEW NORTHERN MASTERPIECE. A SERVICE95 MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2026 Salam is a standard bearer for a new generation of literary novelists - GUARDIAN A... Read More

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The unmissable debut from the 2023/2024 #Merky Books New Writers' Prize winner.

WINNER OF THE #MERKY BOOKS NEW WRITERS' PRIZE; A NEW NORTHERN MASTERPIECE.
A SERVICE95 MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2026

Salam is a standard bearer for a new generation of literary novelists - GUARDIAN
A future classic. Salam is about to become a completely essential voice in fiction - JULIA ARMFIELD
A landmark debut - NICOLA DINAN
Lived in. Rough tongued. Soulful - TICE CIN
A darkly witty story of Northern rude-bois coming of age - NUSSAIBAH YOUNIS
Freewheeling, risk-taking and ceaselessly fun - GURNAIK JOHAL
The energy of Salam's work was beyond . . . dazzling in its daring and reach - JACQUELINE CROOKS

Three boyz drive & dream of an impossible night on an endless street. . .

A white bimmer hurtles down Manchester's Curry Mile, carrying three brown boys in pursuit of a wild night out, oi oi oi!

There's IMMY (22) - nursing mad heartbreak but tryna get over it by chirpsing someone new, hoping to distract from the scores of rage bubbling up beneath. . .

There's KHAN (23) - Cambridge-gangster on a mission to avenge, losing himself to old stereotypes, illegal ventures on the sly. . .

And there's HARIS (23) - the sensitive type, getting married next week but having second thoughts, feeling mad para about his day ones discovering all his secrets.

It's an evening of chaos and mischief. Three boys with nothing to do and something to prove. Of course, there's gonna be trouble.

And look, what the boys don't know- this night might just be their last. . .

Wimmy Road Boyz is a blistering story of masculinity, violence and love set over the course of a single, surreal night from a wholly original new British talent.

A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2026 IN BRICKS MAGAZINE AND BBC

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This book is wild tongues, a zig-zagging miracle, and proof, if ever we needed it, that Britain and its literature are myriad - GUY GUNARATNE
Energetic-livewire masterpiece - NIKESH SHUKLA
Inventive and highly enjoyable - BBC BOOKS OF THE YEAR
A writer I hope to see keep pushing the boundaries of what contemporary fiction can show us - DEREK OWUSU
Brilliant, ingenious, and utterly dazzling... a polyphonic narrative of epic proportions. - KASIM ALI
A symphonic ode to youth, friendship and masculinity. - SANTANU BHATTACHARYA
Riotous... raucous, wildly inventive - OBSERVER
A big-hearted buddy novel doubling as a state-of-the-nation snapshot of anxious young masculinity - DAILY MAIL
A perfect novel - JACK EDWARDS

Book Details

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ISBN: 9781529952643

Publisher: Cornerstone

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 28 May 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Merky Books

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 33.0mm

Width: 146.0mm

Height: 225.0mm

Weight: 482g

Pages: 384

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About the Author

Sufiyaan Salam is a writer and former animator from Blackburn. He's working on several TV & feature projects, and co-wrote the short film MAGID / ZAFAR, premiering in 2025. Wimmy Road Boyz, winner of the #Merky Books New Writers' prize, is his first novel.

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