A Scruffian Survival Guide

by Hal Duncan

Urchins scrobbled down the centuries from yer poor and persecuted. Foundlings Fixed in imperishable waifhood by the Stamp & sold to rich groanhuffs as child labour. Hellions with spirits as resilient as their flesh, less like to cower from a kick than nick yer boot, hamstring yer and fuckin leg it. That's what it is to be a Scruffian, mate, and there ain't a rhyme sung or tale told in a Scruffian squat that ain't, at the end of the day, out to learn yer how to survive. So cosy in, scamps, quit yer fidgeting, and hark to the fabbler of this here crib...

Aimed at readers old and new, as latest instalment or stand-alone introduction, A Scruffian Survival Guide collects five new works of dark queer fantasy in the "Scruffian" series.

Genres: Fantasy

116 pages, Paperback

Published July 16, 2017

About the author

Hal Duncan is the author of Vellum, which was a finalist for both the William H. Crawford Award and the Locus Award for Best First Novel. He is a member of the Glasgow SF Writers’ Circle. He lives in the West End of Glasgow.

Reviews

[Phoenix Scholz-Krishna · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hal Duncan’s Scruffians are back in A Scruffian Survival Guide, which is nothing short of incendiary. In three heroic tales and a four-part “survival guide”, these Not-so-Lost-Boys (and girls, and trans-Scruffians!) stand up to injustice and oppression throughout history and also nick some nice food and drink while they’re at it. Join the Scruffian revolution against “Lord Froggy Faw Faw and Numpty Trump”!
One of the best books I've read this year - and it makes me want to tell everyone to read it (and/or get the audiobook version).