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Welcome back. Jude's experiences and emotions are conveyed with a strong and vivid sense of immediacy, making it easy for young readers to identify with him. In particular, Whyman explores the potential dangers of teenage gangs in conflict with each other, as the adolescent need to belong creates a fierce sense of group-identity and rivalry. This interest in the workings of gang culture and its connection to social problems is explored more dramatically in Boy Kills Man , one of Whyman's most acclaimed novels.

Set in Colombia, it features Shorty and Alberto, two boys approaching their teens whose life is far removed from that of Whyman's Western teenage readers: the boys live on the streets of Medellin, where sinister crimes and murders are commonplace and young boys are hired to carry out contract killings.

Yet, despite the vastly different setting, Whyman's talent for vivid and lively characterisation creates two teenage characters who are sympathetic, tangible and very real to young readers. The deceptively understated narrative style juxtaposes mundane, everyday detail with the horror and brutality of Shorty's and Alberto's existence - Whyman thus encourages reader-identification while simultaneously jolting the reader into the shock of realising the harsh reality of Colombian street life:.

So too is the gun in the holster Manu can make out underneath: a 38 Super Auto that the young assassin will have to fire with both hands to counter the kickback. Boy Kills Man is therefore hard-hitting and quite chilling, exploring the most severe social problems without melodrama or sensationalism, and without compromising the ability to tell a good story. Set in Kazakhstan and Russia, its subject-matter is equally dramatic and again demonstrates Whyman's talent for addressing some of modern life's most brutal realities, while simultaneously creating believable and multi-faceted characters and a lucid narrative.

Poignant and heart-wrenching without being sentimental or sensationalist, Alexi's story, like that of Shorty in Boy Kills Man, brings to life the real human suffering behind social and political situations: Alexi and his younger brother Misha live near an area of desert in which nuclear weapons are tested, and the children survive by scavenging for nuclear debris and selling it on the black market. However, the exposure to radiation causes Misha to develop a brain tumour, and Alexi must take his brother to Moscow for his only chance of receiving adequate medical treatment.

As in the earlier novels, Whyman explores the need to belong: Alexi's tragedy is not just the terrible pain and helplessness of his younger brother's life-threatening condition, but also being wrenched from his familiar environment which, though brutal and unstable, was where he belonged.

In the same way that Shorty experiences a sense of protection from his gangland boss, Whyman depicts young boys in need of security and group-identity - and if there is no stable source available, they will take whatever perverse forms they can find.

Many of Whyman's foreign settings and dramatic circumstances are, therefore, a more extreme example of the average teenager's experiences, exploring how much one will compromise one's own values and sense of self in order to achieve that feeling of protection and belonging. Whyman's subsequent novels continue to use highly original settings and extreme circumstances, such as Inside the Cage Like Whyman's two novels for adults, it explores the far-reaching impact of modern technology: year-old Carl Hobbes is a British computer hacker who infiltrates Fort Knox's security system and is taken to a Guantanamo-style camp in the Arctic wilderness, in which the inmates stage an uprising.

This technological thriller novel is fast-paced and carefully plotted, with a skilful build-up of dramatic tension and various ingenious plot twists. Carl Hobbes' adventures continue in the sequel, Goldstrike Again, it is an action-packed thriller in which Carl battles with the powers-that-be, and Whyman's flair for clever plotting creates a gripping read.

Whyman has written a novel for slightly younger readers, So Below It is a delightful urban fantasy, with echoes of Dickens, in which Yoshi discovers a hidden world of tunnels, vaults and waterways underneath the city of London.

He enters the underworld purely by chance and finds that it is home to a group of street children, modern-day 'Fagin's boys', who survive by using their wits and skills of deception and illusion. After disappointing sales figures, So Below was re-printed in with a new title, Street Runners.

It will eventually form part of a trilogy. By which I mean not sleeping. See you on the other side! We publish a Literature Newsletter when we have news and features on UK and international literature, plus opportunities for the industry to share. To subscribe to the newsletter, until further notice, please press the subscribe button. You may unsubscribe at any time by following the unsubscribe link in the newsletter. We will process your personal information based on your consent.

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