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Narrator

Graeme Armstrong

Graeme Armstrong is a Scottish writer from Airdrie. His teenage years were spent within North Lanarkshire’s gang culture. He was inspired to study English Literature following his reading of Irvine Welsh’s Trainspotting at just sixteen. Alongside overcoming his own struggles with drug addiction, alcohol abuse and violence, he defied expectation to read English as an undergraduate at the University of Stirling; where, after graduating with honours, he returned to study a Masters’ in Creative Writing. His debut novel, The Young Team is inspired by his experiences.

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Title:

The Young Team

Written by:

Graeme Armstrong 

Read by:

Graeme Armstrong 

Format:

Unabridged CD Audio Book 

Number of CDs:

9 

Duration:

10 hours 35 minutes 

Published:

June 25 2020 

Available Date:

June 25 2020 

Age Category:

Adult 

ISBN:

9781529044997 

Genres:

Fiction; Literary Fiction 

Publisher:

Bolinda/Macmillan audio 

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Price

Bolinda price

AUD$ 39.95

AUD$ 39.95

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Round here, in the schemes of the forgotten industrial heartland of Scotland, your mates, your young team – they’re everything.

Azzy Williams is ready. Ready to smoke, pop pills, drink wine and ready to fight. But most of all, he’s ready to do anything for his friends, his gang, his young team. Round here, in the schemes of the forgotten industrial heartland of Scotland, your mates, your young team – they’re everything. Azzy Williams is 14; a rising star, this is his life and he loves it. Azzy Williams is 17; he’s out of control. Azzy Williams is 21; he’d like to leave it all behind. But a way out isn’t easy to find … Inspired by the experiences of its author, Graeme Armstrong, The Young Team is an energetic novel, full of the loyalty, laughs, mischief, boredom, violence and threat of life on these streets. It looks beyond the tabloid stereotypes to tell a powerful story about the realities of life for young people in Britain today.

'A blistering debut novel about youth culture, violence and gang life in Scotland.'
The Bookseller

'An instant Scottish classic.'
The Skinny