Nutcase

By: Tony Williams

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eBook | 15 September 2017

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Aidan Wilson's misfortune is to be hard as nails

In this darkly hilarious and seriously horrifying book Williams tells the story of Aidan, a vigilante and young offender from one of Sheffield's roughest estates.

At breakneck speed, we see Aidan's world unravel as he goes from hero to outlaw, fighting against all-comers and the circumstances he can't escape. But is he a victim or architect of his own demise?

A brutal and breathtaking account of living with violence in the English city.

There are lots of crime novels, but Nutcase is something different: a novel about crime which isn't interested in the conventions of crime fiction. The novel is based on a specific Icelandic saga: the Saga of Grettir the Strong.

Nutcase explores the lives of people who live with violence on a day-to-day basis - how it shapes and distorts their lives, and ultimately becomes part of the normality that they live with.

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Read of the fortnight: Nutcase by Tony Williams

Read more at: http://www.sheffieldtelegraph.co.uk/whats-on/arts/book-club-reading-matter-1-8798790Aidan is a violent thug, but also has a heartbreaking gentleness. We rattle through the plot at 100mph, but everything is described in vivid detail. Everything is ugly and sordid, but everything is captivating and beautiful. And this is achieved seamlessly. Nutcase is one of those books that feels effortless; so natural that you don't see the brushstrokes behind the masterpiece. I keep going back to reread sections to see how he pulls it off, and I'm honestly still not sure. But I do know that Williams is a writer on fire. There's no escaping the fact that this is a brutal book.