Book review : A Glasgow gang observed by James Patrick

I came across this book in the early ‘80s, working as an impressionable, unqualified, residential childcare officer in a List D school (formally known as an ‘approved school’)1, just outside Glasgow. It was the first time I had read something which really chimed with my own work experience and, on reflection, it stands the test of time and remains an accurate and honest depiction of disaffected youth in late 1960s Scotland.