The Kings Head

Kelly Frost

Publisher: Atlantic Books
Publication Date: 06/02/2025 ISBN: 9781805462385 Category:
Hardback

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A fierce story about friendship and competition set among London’s forgotten girl gangs for fans of The Girls by Emma Cline
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‘Compelling’ THE TIMES
‘The Kings Head’s postwar era is clearly defined. But the questions it asks are eternal’ OBSERVER
‘A glorious tale of female friendship and rivalry’ LUCIE McKNIGHT HARDY
‘Wonderfully vivid, powerful and compelling’ JOSEPH O’CONNOR
‘A startling new talent’ PETER JAMES
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We never ran the place on paper, but we had reigned here as Kings, reigned over the world we created for ourselves.

1957, London. A gang of girls called the Kings rule the bomb-struck streets of Finsbury Park. When Harry, their unpredictable but charismatic leader, tries to encroach on the territory of the rival Seven Sisters gang, the Kings know they’re in for a fight.

Armed with flick knives and fists, they do battle in dancehalls and on football fields. But with the authorities closing in and conscripted boys threatening to reclaim what was once theirs, the Kings must ask if they’re willing to pay the price of loyalty…
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‘Fresh and exhilarating’
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‘Well-written’
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‘Looking forward to reading more from Kelly Frost’

Publisher Review

A wonderfully vivid, powerful and compelling debut novel from a storyteller who is here to stay — Joseph O’Connor Kelly Frost is a startling new talent. Read her, watch her, she’s going to be a big name — Peter James This is a glorious tale of female friendship and rivalry told in deft prose that stops you in your tracks with a startling turn of phrase, like the glint of a flick knife. A dazzling debut, vivid and rich in period detail, whose characters come alive on the page — Lucie McKnight Hardy

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