Folk

Folk was always more than a youth group for Mark: it''s where he belongs, and where the friendships that have made him were forged. Straight talking Anna; beautiful, brilliant Zee; and Seb, who''s in a real band. But when Gerry, the group''s self-proclaimed ''thorn in the side of the establishment'' leader tasks him to take a new member under his wing, Mark''s world goes into a spin. Who is this ''Jason'' guy with his tracksuits, beats and chemical drugs? And why is everyone so in awe of him? Jason just isn''t ''Folk''. Then a wild camping trip brings Jason''s ''fresh start'' to an abrupt end - and with it the collapse of Folk. Yet moving on turns out to be complicated. Set against a backdrop of DIY sound systems and tectonic shifts in society, FOLK is a bittersweet 1990s coming-of-age tale of friendship, fidelity and finding your own path.

Pages: 272, Paperback, Velocity Press