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The “Skinhead” series of books was the work of James Moffat who wrote under the alias of Richard Allen. Long before Shane Meadows “This is England “had depicted life in 1980’s Britain Moffat had written a whole series of books for the New English Library that might be found on the “pulp fiction” shelves in an actual library, or at least one of the remaining libraries not closed down. Through the seventies and eighties, he penned book after book that focused its attention on British sub cultures in such detail that it was hard to believe that the writer was just that a writer, Canadian born and in his fifties with 300 titles to his name.
Moffat’s main output in the 70’s centred on the Skinhead movement and focused attention on his main character, Jim Hawkins, a 16-year-old Plaistow Skinhead an anti-hero who strutted through a London that had an ugly side of racism, rape and gang beatings. Fictional it was but it was also sadly born of the facts of the time. Titles such as Suedehead, Boot Boys, Skinhead Girls, Dragon Skins, Terrace Terrors and Knuckle Girls.
Knuckle Girls is the story of Ina Murray. A victim of abuse from her father she has learned to hate; humiliated at school, she has learned to “fight for her rights “; brutalised at an approved school, she has learned to terrorise and maim. Now at eighteen, Ina faces a charge of malicious wounding and intent to kill. A thug on the football terraces caught up in the cycle of violence.
The back leaf of the 1977 book carries a quote from the National Union of Teachers “Girls used only to resort to psychological bullying…. Now they’re moving in gangs and using bicycle chains, knives and clubs. In fact, they’re beginning to behave in a way only associated with he roughest of boys “.
Even if the story and the subject might be a bit grim, we are liking the cover. The photo and the design fits right in on those pulp fiction shelves. The font is got to be worth a mention too – Gill Kayo -used on Lou Reed Take a Walk on The Wild Side and Toy Story!
The Richard Allen series have been republished as a six-volume set and you can still find them for sale online.
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