Why this lender recommends it

"Wow. Like being walloped from all directions at once. All the right wing neo-nazi material is uncomfortably relevant, and gay 1970s / 1980s skin heads as political warriors? Who knew extreme right wing politics and fascism were going to be all the rage, once more? This 2010 novel, part historical fiction and part looking back at how things “used to be” was all too much and yet perfect at the same time. I was up late finishing this, and usually bedtime reading sends me to sleep. History meets research meets present day horrors meets make believe meets closeted neo-nazis meets ironic distance meets bloodied knuckles. Like I said. Wow." - Reviewer on Goodreads.com

About this book

"In 1970s Britain, 14-year-old Tony is entranced by the racism and brutality of the skinhead movement. From white-power rock gigs and race riots to clandestine homosexual encounters, Tony rages through the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s while the far right fragments around him. Early in our new millennium, James, looking for a good story, develops a fascination with closeted neo-Nazis that will bring the narratives of these two men into startling collision." - Reviewer on Goodreads.com This is a novel of great imaginative sympathy and range, an extraordinary portrait of an alien Britain and of life lived beneath the radar.

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Small stain on side