Wimmy Road Boyz 9781529952643 Hardback

WINNER OF THE #MERKY BOOKS NEW WRITERS PRIZE; A NEW NORTHERN MASTERPIECE.ASERVICE95MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2026Salam is a standard bearer for a new generation of literary novelistsGUARDIANA future classic. Salam is about to become a completely essential voice in fictionJULIA ARMFIELD’A landmark debut’NICOLA DINANLived in. Rough tongued. SoulfulTICE CINA darkly witty story of Northern rude-bois coming of age’NUSSAIBAH YOUNIS’Freewheeling, risk-taking and ceaselessly funGURNAIK JOHAL’The energy of Salam’s work was beyond . . . dazzling in its daring and reach’JACQUELINE CROOKSthree boyz drive & dreamof an impossible nighton an endless street. . .a white bimmer hurtles down manchesters curry mile, carrying three brown boys in pursuit of a wild night out, oi oi oi!theres IMMY (22) nursing mad heartbreak but tryna get over it by chirpsing someone new, hoping to distract from the scores of rage bubbling up beneath. . .theres KHAN (23) cambridge-gangster on a mission to avenge, losing himself to old stereotypes, illegal ventures on the sly. . .and theres HARIS (23) the sensitive type, getting married next week but having second thoughts, feeling mad para about his day ones discovering all his secrets.its an evening of chaos and mischief. three boys with nothing to do and something to prove. of course theres gonna be trouble.and look, what the boys dont know: this night might just be their last. . .WIMMY ROAD BOYZis a blistering story of masculinity, violence and love set over the course of a single, surreal night from a wholly original new British talent.A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2026 INBRICKSMAGAZINE ANDBBCMORE PRAISE’This book is wild tongues, a zig-zagging miracle, and proof, if ever we needed it, that Britain and its literature are myriad’GUY GUNARATNE’Energetic-livewire masterpiece’NIKESH SHUKLA’Inventive and highly enjoyable’BBCBOOKS OF THE YEAR’A writer I hope to see keep pushing the boundaries of what contemporary fiction can show us’DEREK OWUSU’Brilliant, ingenious, and utterly dazzling… a polyphonic narrative of epic proportions.’KASIM ALIA symphonic ode to youth, friendship and masculinity.’SANTANU BHATTACHARYA’Riotous. . . raucous, wildly inventive’OBSERVER’A big-hearted buddy novel doubling as a state-of-the-nation snapshot of anxious young masculinityDAILY MAIL’A perfect novel’JACK EDWARDS