Two Scots lads have a lovely weekend in Manchester in 1986. 30 years later, a phone rings: as they remember the euphoria of their youth, the costs of life are revealed.
A dizzying tale of social collapse, generational impasse and mid-life crisis; a Bonfire of the Vanities set in London. Brilliantly observed, lean, slick, clever and gripping.
This highly praised posthumous debut concerns the body of a black boy found in the Thames - a fate unnervingly similar to the author's own tragic death last spring.