English Summary/英文概要： This life is like being in an ocean. Some people keep swimming towards the bottom. Some people touch the bottom with one foot, or even both, and then push themselves off it to get back up to the top, where you can breathe. Others get to the bottom and decide they want to stay there. I don’t want to get to the bottom because I’m already drowning.

This is a story of a London you won’t find in any guidebooks.

This is a story about what it’s like to exist in the moment, about boys too eager to become men, growing up in the hidden war zones of big cities – and the girls trying to make it their own way.

This is a story of reputations made and lost, of violence and vengeance – and never counting the cost.

This is a story of concrete towers and blank eyed windows, of endless nights in police stations and prison cells, of brotherhood and betrayal.

This is about the boredom, the rush, the despair, the fear and the hope.

This is about what’s left behind.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 这种生活就像在海洋里。有些人会一直会向水底游。有些人用一只脚触底，甚至两只脚，然后把自己从底部推向水面，这样你可以换气呼吸。其他人深入到最底层，并决定要留在那里。我不想下去，因为我已经沉下去了。

这是你在任何一本旅游指南书中都找不到的伦敦故事。

这是一部关于活在当下的故事，关于在钢筋水泥的城市丛林里的隐匿战区里长大的男孩们急于想要成为男人，女孩们试图用自己的方式找到方向的故事。

这是不惜一切代价，确立和失去名誉，一段关于暴力和复仇的一个故事。

这是一个在混凝土塔楼和茫然失神的窗口下，在警局和号子的漫漫长夜里，一段兄弟情谊和背叛的故事。

这是一段关于厌烦，冲动，绝望，恐惧和希望的故事。

这是一个关于你的人生还所剩所几的故事。(Sandy)

Awards/获奖情况： Longlisted for The Booker Prize 2020