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Skinhead Farewell, by Richard Allen. BBC TV, 1996. See in High Quality.

Skinhead Farewell, by Richard Allen. BBC TV, 1996. See in High Quality.

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Skinhead books

I love reading and writing skinhead books. I recently searched Amazon books and found 447 books dedicated to skinheads.There are many more in various subjects that relate to skinheads but not seen as a skinhead book. Richard Allen, Nick Knight are two well known writers of skinhead books and a new writer is Phil Lesbirel, a skinhead himself. His book 'A Matter of Honour' follows a young skinhead who is sent to a Juvenile Prison, but is approached by the Police to try and get close to a 'Bonehead', incarcerated in the same institution, who is associated with a Nazi skinhead group run by an IRA thug named Murphy. He is promised his record would be wiped if he can achieve his goal. He eventually agrees and manages to get inside the Nazi skinhead camp as a new recruit. He is a SHARP and the Nazi skinheads are abhorrent to him but he perseveres and through his efforts and assistance from other skinheads in the police force, manages to put Murphy behind bars. He becomes the leader of the Nazi skinheads with the help of the police and decides, Nazi or not, they are his squad and he stays as their leader. It is a matter of Honour.

This book shows the sheer brutality and racist beliefs of the 'Boneheads' but also shows that a young SHARP can still lead a squad of 'Boneheads' and preserve his honour as a SHARP by controlling their activities. This book is part 1 of a series this writer intends to produce to follow the activities and actions of this young skinhead.

Books on skinheads tell a story of the skinhead movement. Most are fictional and have fictional characters, but the authors have met these people in their research and write them as they see their actions would be based on the personality and attitude of those they have met or been associated with. Some of the writers were skinheads themselves; some were just fascinated by the skinhead movement and their culture. But I have never read a skinhead book where I myself personally could not relate to the character, or the story. Skinheads are unique in so far as they are today’s bully boys, today’s working class youth and today’s urban warriors, an army of youth who have attitude, are angry and could not care a dam about the government but a sincere love of their country and their working class roots.