Rude Boy is a gritty rites-of-passage tale lightened by a consistent thread of jet black humour. Expelled from his provincial boarding school, teenage Punk Rock rebel Kenny Silvers returns to 1980s London where he renews his friendship with former ‘partner in crime’, Eddie. Kenny’s downward spiral – from scholarship student to squat-dwelling delinquent – forms the backdrop to a powerful ‘rites of passage’ tale exploring themes of alienation, drug addiction and urban survival through gritty dialogue, colourful imagery and dark humour. This is Catcher In The Rye for Generation X. (Warning: Parental Guidance advised for younger readers).