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4.5 stars
This was an unexpected gem of a book.
This book was chosen by my book club 'Let's Read...' for our April 2019 book. I have no interest in Grime. And the name Dan Hancox meant nothing to me in any context. I assumed he was another middle-aged middle-class white man trying to be cool. This is not something I would have chosen to read in a million years but damn, I want to thank WJ for making the choice and the author for putting together this great social-political commentary set against ...more
This was an unexpected gem of a book.
This book was chosen by my book club 'Let's Read...' for our April 2019 book. I have no interest in Grime. And the name Dan Hancox meant nothing to me in any context. I assumed he was another middle-aged middle-class white man trying to be cool. This is not something I would have chosen to read in a million years but damn, I want to thank WJ for making the choice and the author for putting together this great social-political commentary set against ...more
Inner City Pressure by Dan Hancox tells the story of Grime. However, there is also much more, as it is also the story of modern Britain, from the Blair years through to post Grenfell. As a consequence, class and social inequality are also covered. After reading DJ Target’s Grime Kids where the narrative was more active, this felt more like an observational study (similar to David Simon’s The Corner or Homicide Life on the Streets).
I really liked the book, but it also made me angry that Grime isn ...more
I really liked the book, but it also made me angry that Grime isn ...more
Jul 31, 2019
Karim Boustani
marked it as to-read
