Jaq, A Top Boy Story

Top Boy , the award-winning TV show, was conceived, developed and written by Ronan Bennett, who is also one of its producers. After two acclaimed seasons with Channel 4, the show was picked up by Netflix who have made it a global hit. Top Boy , the novel, will be published after the fifth and final season of Top Boy has been broadcast by Netflix in 2023.>

About the author

Ronan Bennett was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. His novel The Catastrophist (1997) won the Irish Post Literature Award and was shortlisted for the Whitbread Novel Award. Havoc, in its third year (2004) won Irish Novel of the Year and was longlisted for the Booker Prize. His recent work includes the feature film Public Enemies in 2009 and the television series Hidden (2011), Gunpowder (2017) and Top Boy (2011-present).

Summary

Original novel by Ronan Bennett set in the London portrayed by Bennett within his celebrated and award-winning TV drama Top Boy

Product details

• Authors: Ronan Bennett, Bennett Ronan
• Publisher: Canongate Books
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 14.09.2023
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature
• EAN: 9781805300731
• ISBN: 978-1-80530-073-1
• Pages: 256
• Dimensions (packing): 12.9 x 19.8 x 1.6 cm
• Subjects: rappers, GRIME, Dave, TV & society, Street crime, Street Crime / Gun Crime, Kano, London Crime, council estate; London crime; Netflix series; grime; UK rap; rappers; gang related; Little Simz; Kano; Ashley Walters; Dave, UK Rap, netflix series, ashley walters, gang related, Little Simz