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Fists & Yellow Pages: Brutal British Asian Crime Thriller of Violence and Transformation
Paperback
Series: Drummond Street Boys: Shaqs Origins, Book 2
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Aug 6 2026
Pages: 126
Weight: 0.34
Height: 0.30 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
SHAQ'S ORIGIN: BOOK 2 - FISTS AND YELLOW PAGES
Pain is the price of strength. And Shaq is learning to pay it.
Eleven-year-old Shaq Khan survived the egg. He survived the skipping rope. He survived the humiliation of being targeted every day just for being Bengali in 1990s London.
But survival isn't enough anymore.
His brothers Zee and Raz have made him a promise: they'll teach him to fight back. No more running. No more hiding. No more being a victim. But the training is brutal-sticks that leave bruises, exercises that break his body, lessons that force him to choose between the boy he was and the fighter he needs to become.
One walk through Drummond Street. One ambush. One moment that changes everything.
When racist thugs attack on the long walk home, Shaq watches his brother Raz take on four older boys-and win. It's violent. It's terrifying. It's everything his mother feared would happen. But it's also a glimpse of what Shaq could become if he's willing to endure the pain, embrace the discipline and accept that strength isn't given-it's earned through blood, sweat, and unbreakable will.
The training has begun. The stakes are rising. And Shaq is discovering that becoming a Khan means more than just learning to throw a punch-it means learning who you are when the world demands you become something harder.
Perfect for readers who crave authentic, gritty coming-of-age crime fiction that doesn't shy away from the brutal realities of racism, violence, and survival in modern Britain.
Fans of Top Boy, The Wire, and raw British street lit will be gripped from the first page.
Contains strong language, violence, and mature themes.
Part of the Drummond Street Boys Universe
Read Book 1: The Egg and the Promise first, or start with the complete Blood & Bottles series.
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