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Two late teenage boys navigate life, love and criminality in 70's London. Thamemead '74 is an edgy yet comedic coming-of-age story set in the sprawling suburbs of South London during a period of political, social, and economic upheaval. McDonald's opens its first UK restaurant, the IRA are bombing London, and families are being relocated from run-down, inner city tenements to a sprawling, brutalist new council estate built on the marshy, outer fringes of the city. Matt lives on Thamemead. He is a bright, hardworking, and ambitious with a family life dominated by a perennial lack of money - he's also a reluctant virgin. Paul is volatile, lonely and heir apparent of a criminal dynasty - he's also pretty sure that he's gay. They clash violently one day after school, but following an explosive classroom incident, their paths begin to converge. Adventures and vividly drawn caharcaters begin to shape young lives - from The Faces 1974 Lewisham Odeon concert, to the sordid, underbelly of South London criminality; from little scams and estate milk round jobs to work in sparkling new American restaurants; from vivacious, life-changing barmaids to down-at-heel young, single mums relying on benefits and 'the game'. Will Matt find his pathway out of his family's ever-loving poverty? Will Paul resist his Dad's demand for an early entry into the family's criminal activities? Will they both find love?

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