{"product_id":"9781529952643","title":"Wimmy Road Boyz","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Sufiyaan Salam\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 28 May 2026 by Cornerstone (Merky Books) in the United Kingdom.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003ch4\u003eHardback | 384 pages\u003cbr\u003e224 x 145 x 36mm | 488g\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWINNER OF THE #MERKY BOOKS NEW WRITERS’ PRIZE; A NEW NORTHERN MASTERPIECE.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA SERVICE95 MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2026‘Salam is a standard bearer for a new generation of literary novelists’ GUARDIAN‘A future classic. Salam is about to become a completely essential voice in fiction’ JULIA ARMFIELD'A landmark debut' NICOLA DINAN‘Lived in. Rough tongued. Soulful’ TICE CIN‘A darkly witty story of Northern rude-bois coming of age' NUSSAIBAH YOUNIS'Freewheeling, risk-taking and ceaselessly fun’ GURNAIK JOHAL'The energy of Salam's work was beyond . . . dazzling in its daring and reach' JACQUELINE CROOKSthree boyz drive \u0026amp; dreamof an impossible nighton an endless street. . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ea white bimmer hurtles down manchester’s curry mile, carrying three brown boys in pursuit of a wild night out, oi oi oi!there’s 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. . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethere’s KHAN (23) – cambridge-gangster on a mission to avenge, losing himself to old stereotypes, illegal ventures on the sly. . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand there’s HARIS (23) – the sensitive type, getting married next week but having second thoughts, feeling mad para about his day ones discovering all his secrets.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eit’s an evening of chaos and mischief. three boys with nothing to do and something to prove. of course there’s gonna be trouble.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand look, what the boys don’t know: this night might just be their last. . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWIMMY ROAD BOYZ is a blistering story of masculinity, violence and love set over the course of a single, surreal night from a wholly original new British talent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2026 IN BRICKS MAGAZINE AND BBCMORE 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' BBC BOOKS 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 ALI‘A 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 masculinity’ DAILY MAIL'A perfect novel' JACK EDWARDS\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sufiyaan Salam","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58279111590213,"sku":"9781529952643","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/3721\/6069\/files\/9781529952643.jpg?v=1781536329","url":"https:\/\/stripyduckbookshopcafe.co.uk\/products\/9781529952643","provider":"The Stripy Duck Bookshop Café","version":"1.0","type":"link"}