'A refreshingly ambitious and strikingly accomplished first novel … Kelly has an acute eye, and an ear that is almost pitch-perfect. His scenes of political chicanery amid urban dereliction have an unmistakeable feel of authenticity... Kelly renders a slice of history that reaches powerfully into the present. In Crusaders, he chronicles the metamorphoses of Tyneside with exceptional skill, and uses them to present an unsparing picture that is recognisable in every part of Britain.'John Gray, Independent
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