Considers the issues of being young, naive and hopeful, and the pains of living life at hyperspeed in a mad pop-culture world.
Since its first publication in 1999, "Boyracers" has established itself as a contemporary Scottish cult classic. It is a totally fresh, savvy and supremely honest take on being young, naive and hopeful, and the pains of living life at hyperspeed in a mad pop-culture world. It is fast, pacy and funny - a breathtaking joyride through the formative years of four Falkirk teenagers.
'Required reading for those who understand and live its message'
* The Herald *'A terrific yarn... superb from start to finish'
* FHM *'One of the best things I've read in ages'
-- Ali Smith'There is real emotion here, and gutsiness ... a feeling for language so passionate it shames the dullness of so many sentences that make it into print'
* Rosemary Goring *'A breakneck dash through the back streets of Falkirk ... a comedy, almost a tragedy, a caustic look at what has passed for culture in the last decade'
* The Big Issue *Alan Bissett was born in Falkirk in 1975 and attended the University of Stirling. He currently lives in Glasgow. He is the editor of Damage Land: New Scottish Gothic Fiction (Polygon); his most recent novel is Death of a Ladies' Man.