Gift inscription on FEP. In this book the author argues that the violence, joyriding and urban rioting of 1991 reveal a new face of late 20th-century Britain. Through her conversations with joyriders, offenders, police officers, community activists and "ordinary" citizens, the author probes the new forms of offending, defending and spending and brings a feminist analysis to the facts of daily existence
The structure of the book is very confusing and over-complicated, but the overall message about toxic masculinity is powerful and is the perfect response to claims of a British underclass that scapegoat mothers. The anecdotes throughout are also really interesting