Citizen Dick
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"Citizen Dick" is a dark coming of age story. Born in poverty and abuse, Dick chooses to become homeless at an early age to find his place in the world. His journey take him through the highs of love and musical expression to the lows of crime and drug addiction. After a brief stint in prison and joining an extremist group, Dick finally reaches his end and finds spiritual awakening. In the end, Dick finds the true destiny he sought as a child.
David Young
East Yorkshire-born David Young began his East German-set crime series on a creative writing MA at London's City University when Stasi Child - his debut - won the course prize. The novel went on to win the 2016 CWA Historical Dagger, and both it and the 2017 follow-up, Stasi Wolf, were longlisted for the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year. His novels have been sold in eleven territories round the world. Before becoming a full-time author, David was a senior journalist with the BBC's international radio and TV newsrooms for more than 25 years. He writes in his Twickenham garden shed and in a caravan on the Isle of Wight. The Stasi Game, his sixth novel, is available to pre-order now. You can follow him on Twitter @djy_writer
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