Boyracers

Alan Bissett

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Being a book about Alvin, Frannie, Dolby, Brian, Belinda (doing eighty), Tyra the Beautiful, Connor fucking Livingstone, Stephen King, Pink Floyd, peach schnapps (and lemonade), hope, dreams, Scotland, death-defying driving, Goodfellas, Irn-Bru, tenpin bowling, FHM, love and money, Alvin's Dad, American Psycho, car crashes, paranoia, The Lord of the Rings, U2, infinity, Brian's nipples, noddies, text messages, barmaids, virginity, Radiohead, The X-Men, exams, Frannie's patter, the death of punk, Tom Cruise, nightclub bouncers, Falkirk High School, Clive Barker, the emptiness at the heart of it all, weapons, Spider-Man, Han Solo, a desolate future in which no one loves anyone else, Hotel California, the universe, Blur, Bruce Springteen, and everything under the sun is in tune, as the sun is eclipsed by the moon…

Reviews

"This is an exceptional first novel, whose natural language and, at times, silly experiments with layout, mean it won’t be where it should be on the Higher Still book list – required reading for those who understand and live its message." Carl MacDougall, The Glasgow Herald
"Bissett is an engaging writer, and his novel is a readable tale of growing up in difficult circumstances. But it is also an inspired look at life, in all its relentless tedium and occasional, glorious promise." James Smart, The List