SKINHEAD IBD

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Sixteen-year-old Joe Hawkins is the anti-hero&rsquo,s anti-hero. His life is ruled by clothes, beer, football and above all violence &ndash, violence against hippies, authority, racial minorities and anyone else unfortunate enough to get in his way.Joe is a London skinhead &ndash, a member of a uniquely British subculture which arose rapidly in the late 1960&rsquo,s. While other skins were driven mainly by music, fashion and working-class pride, Joe and his mob use their formidable street style as a badge of aggressive rage, even while Joe dreams of making a better life for himself.Lacerating in its depiction of violence and sex, often shocking by today&rsquo,s standards, Skinhead is also a provocative cross-section of urban British society. It doesn&rsquo,t spare the hypocrisy, corruption or excessive permissiveness which, the author believed, allowed the extremist wing of skinhead culture to flourish.Skinhead, first published in 1970 and a huge cult bestseller, is now available for the first time in ebook form, with a new introduction by Andrew Stevens. Nearly fifty years on, it remains one of the most potent artefacts of British popular culture ever committed to print.&ldquo,I did happen to read the book when it came out and I was quite interested in the whole Richard Allen cult... suedeheads and skinheads and smoothies were very much part of daily life. There was a tremendous air of intensity... something interesting grabbed me about the whole thing.&rdquo, Morrissey&ldquo,(Richard Allen&rsquo,s) work shouldn',t require a theoretical summing up, once enough of those to whom it appeals understand its attraction we will have superceded this society.&rdquo, Stewart Home