We need to practise for later on, for real life. We need to know everything so nobody can ever mess with us.'
Nini and Jameelah are best friends forever. This summer they're going to grow up. Together. On their terms. But things don't always turn out the way you plan...
Tender, funny, shocking and tragic, TIGER MILK captures what it is to be young.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN: 9781781857458
Number of pages: 256
Dimensions: 198 x 129 mm
Language: English
Nails the tone of an untethered, feral generation - Die Welt
A major debut full of strength, pain and love - Express
Murder and its aftermath give shape to the novel, but what keeps you reading is the author's insight into the minds of this lively gang of teenagers... The highs and lows of the hot Berlin summer will resonate with anyone who has ever been a rebellious teenager' - Irish Examiner
Earthy, raucous and convincing. These are likeable, vulnerable characters... Many novels about teenagers are sustained at a single frenetic pitch, De Velasco's streetwise panache has energy and daring but there is also a subtle poignancy' - Irish Times
The prose is breathless... revealing young ideas about the world and urgently pushing the story forward' - Stylist
Tiger Milk never stands still... Tim Mohr's translation from the original German also captures this restless energy, the busy speech and constant action. De Velasco captures the sense of adolescence as a time of change and discovery' - We Love This Book
Follows two teenage friends on the destructive paths into adulthood. Hilarious and tender - Elle
A beautifully written debut novel - Closer
A novel of breathless urgency, which is also nostalgic for an innocence that is so readily cast aside - Financial Times.
Although the writing is not bad and the story is quite interesting once it actually gets going, I can't say I was really enthused by this book - although it's also safe to say that I am not the sort of... More
I am so glad that waterstones gave me an advanced copy of this book to review. It is a truly moving story about teenage angst, friendship and love. The characters were both engaging and believable. I genuinely enjoyed... More
I found this book unlike any I have previously read and I felt it captured something of the youth culture of the main characters. For this reason I found interesting and readable but it also made it quite hard for me... More
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