About the book: 2007 / Daren King is a star of the new school of British countercultural prose, author of the cult trilogy Jim the Giraffe, Little Star and Boxy (Guardian Prize) (1999) and "Tom Stwoler". Critics call him "the most expressive voice of a generation" and compare him to Irvine Welsh, namesakes Danny King and Roddy Doyle. Life is HELL. But teenagers from the London “bottom” don’t know this - for the simple reason that they were BORN in this hell - and hang around in its circles as if at home. THERE IS NO FUTURE. But the Romeo and Juliet of punk culture is on this I DON’T CARE. Because they, always rushing around in pursuit of new sensations, don’t know WHAT THE FUTURE IS. Sometimes it’s scary. And sometimes it’s VERY FUNNY! “Daren King gave a voice to the third wave of English punk, and this voice sounds like a voice crying in desert arranged by the Sex Pistols!" Christina Patterson, Observer "This book WILL BREAK YOUR WORLD INTO SMARTS - and then build a NEW world from those shards!" Julie Myerson, Independent "Language that hasn't been seen since early Irwin Welsh. A style comparable only to the early William Burroughs!" Nicholas Blincoe, Guardian»