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In the brutal, concrete landscape of Diston Town, teenage Des Pepperdine is doing his best to stay invisible—reading poetry, avoiding trouble, and nursing a dangerous secret. But his guardian, Lionel Asbo, is a ferocious presence: a pit bull-breeding, tabloid-devouring career criminal with a...

A wickedly funny coming-of-age novel about a misfit teenager in London determined to eliminate the one thing standing between her and a good life: her father “Hands down the funniest, most original novel I’ve read in ages.”—Grant Ginder, author of The People We Hate at the Wedding I...

Two brothers in conflict. This is London, 1977. Little Bastard follows two feuding brothers over a six-month period in 1977 - from the Queen's Silver Jubilee to Christmas. Jason, the older brother, models himself on James Dean, rides a motorbike and enjoys easy success with girls. Younger brother Robin - known to Jason as "LB" Little Bastard - is sensitive, introspective, hero worships Marc Bolan, and fixates on Jason's girlfriend, Cherry. As their mother looks on in despair, tension builds between the siblings....