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Alan Bissett
ISBN: 9781846971785
Format: Paperback
Publisher:Birlinn General
Edition: 10th Anniversary edition
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A supremely honest take on being young, naive, and hopeful, and the pains of life with no brakes. It is fast, pacy,funny - an exhilarating joyride through the formative years of four Falkirk teenagers. Alan has contributed an Afterword to this special anniversary edition.
Since its first publication ten years ago Boyracers has established itself as a contemporary Scottish cult classic. It is a totally fresh, savvy and supremely honest take on being young, naive and hopeful, and the pains of living life at hyperspeed in a mad pop-culture world. It is fast, pacy and funny - an exhilarating joyride through the formative years of four Falkirk teenagers. Alan has contributed an Afterword to this special anniversary edition.
| ISBN | 1846971780 | | Pages | 216 | | ISBN13 | 9781846971785
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 249 | | Publisher | Birlinn General | | Published in | Edinburgh | | Imprint | Polygon An Imprint of Birlinn Limited | | Height (mm) | 198 | | Format | Paperback | | Width (mm) | 129 | | Publication date | 21 Mar 2011 | | Spine width (mm) | 20 | | DEWEY | 823.92 | | Academic level | General | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | |
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'A terrific yarn... superb from start to finish' - FHM 'There is real emotion here, and gutsiness... a feeling for language so passionate it shames the dullness of so many sentences that make it into print' - Sunday Herald 'Required reading for those who understand and live its message' - The Herald  Be the first to write a customer review
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