When I was looking for new children’s adventure books to read to my daughter, they were all set in middle-class, middle England, written by reality TV stars, and the main character was always called Ben. So, during lockdown, I wrote one myself, set in the working-class places I grew up, where everyone has a Scottish accent and the main character is a wee boy called Rab, whose parents are electricians. I like to describe it as Viz for kids, with a dash of Irvine Welsh. I’ll try to get it published if we ever end up in another lockdown.
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