Junk (released as Smack in America) is a 1996 Carnegie Medal- and Guardian Award-winning novel by Melvin Burgess. The book is about the experiences of a group of teenagers who fall into heroin addiction and who embrace anarchism on the streets of Bristol, England. It is both critically and commercially the best received of all Burgess' novels. Read more - Shopping-Enabled Wikipedia on Amazon
In the article: Plot introduction | Characters in "Junk" | Awards and nominations | Film, TV or theatrical adaptations
Review
"John Retallack's excellent adaptation of Melvin Burgess's controversial Carnegie Medal winning novel is splendidly unpatronising...a truly cautionary tale"—_Independent_
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Junk (released as Smack in America) is a 1996 Carnegie Medal- and Guardian Award-winning novel by Melvin Burgess. The book is about the experiences of a group of teenagers who fall into heroin addiction and who embrace anarchism on the streets of Bristol, England. It is both critically and commercially the best received of all Burgess' novels. Read more - Shopping-Enabled Wikipedia on Amazon
In the article: Plot introduction | Characters in "Junk" | Awards and nominations | Film, TV or theatrical adaptations
Review
"John Retallack's excellent adaptation of Melvin Burgess's controversial Carnegie Medal winning novel is splendidly unpatronising...a truly cautionary tale"—_Independent_