Jimmy this, Jimmy that

It’s a Sunday morning in October 1995 and Jimmy Stokes has arrived at our usual stomping ground, announcing his intention to wreak havoc on the person apparently responsible for grassing on his dad. Jimmy doesn’t ask for help administering retribution. He simply hands us weapons and tells us where to go. Evolution should be challenged in stages. Not all at once.

Michael Shand is a playwright and novelist, born in 1981. His stage play Depravity won an Arts Trust of Scotland award and subsequently made the shortlist for the Script Space Competition. Michael has also been on the shortlist for the New Playwrights Award. He lives in Edinburgh with his wife, Sara, his son, Charlie, and his two cats, Archie and Ollie. Jimmy This, Jimmy That is his debut novel.