Gentlemen

Michael, Tommy, Mixer and Bones aren’t just from the wrong side of the tracks—they’re from the wrong side of everything. No-one at their high school takes them seriously, except for Mr Haberman, their remedial English teacher. Mr Haberman calls them ‘gentlemen’, but everyone else ignores them—or, in Bones’s case, is dead afraid of them. When one of their close-knit group goes missing, the clues all seem to point in one direction: to Mr Haberman. Gritty, fast-paced, and brutally real, this debut takes an unfl inching look at what binds friends together—and what can tear them apart.