AwaydaysAwaydays 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

Awaydays

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.

'Sampson is a fine storyteller . . . Nasty stuff, brilliantly told' - * Guardian *

'The dark side of Nick Hornby's Fever Pitch' - * NME *

'An acutely observed rite-of-passage story . . . a time and a generation which has too often been reduced to cliche' - * Independent on Sunday *

'A gritty novel with wit and humour at every turn' - * Maxim *

'What's in a cult novel? A great story, charismatic characters, a powerful narrative voice and an evocative style. If these are the basic ingredients to achieve the perfect cult status, then Kevin Sampson's Awaydays has them all' - * Dazed *

'Mind-bending . . . An immersive portrait of the time and authentic coming-of-age documentation, Awaydays, underestimated outside Britain, is a perfect combination of so-called 'low' and 'high' cultures' - * Medium *

'Awaydays is cheeky, entertaining and in parts dangerous' - * Loaded *

'Razor-sharp rites of passage that buzzes with post-punk energy' - * Telegraph *

SPECIFICATIONS:

Author:Kevin Sampson - Кевин Сэмпсон

Publisher:Canongate Books

Language:English

Publication Date:2024

Number of pages:224 pst

Format:Paperback

Width:129 mm / 5,1'

Height:198 mm / 7,8'

Weight:159 g

ISBN:9781837261895