Wimmy Road Boyz

Compulsive, raw and searingly honest. An utterly original, unfiltered voice. A darkly witty story of Northern rude-bois coming of age: perfectly crafted, uncensored, totally real – Nussaibah Younis
Freewheeling, risk-taking and ceaselessly fun, this intense, multi-voiced novel is immense in its ambition and singular in its achievement. It really is one hell of a ride – Gurnaik Johal
A landmark debut that will inspire many books after it. Salam’s prose flows with wit and feeling. You will love Wimmy Road Boyz. – Nicola Dinan
Wimmy Road Boyz has a rhythm and style all its own, pushing the boundaries of language, full of storytelling energy and voices that feel true to the lives Salam has expertly created. A novel no one else could have written, Sufiyaan Salam is a writer I hope to see keep pushing the boundaries of what contemporary fiction can show us – Derek Owusu
Sufiyaan Salam is the sort of writer where his age astounds. That someone so young could write something so chaotically brilliant, ingenious, and utterly dazzling is a feat in itself. WIMMY ROAD BOYZ is an intense cacophonous ride easily read and not easily forgotten, a polyphonic narrative of epic proportions – Kasim Ali
An energetic-livewire masterpiece – Nikesh Shukla
‘The energy of Salam’s work was beyond … dazzling in its daring and reach’ – Jacqueline Crooks
‘A literary tour-de-force that straps you in beside its three unforgettable protagonists, propelled by muscular, challenging, ever-inventive prose that keeps its foot hard on the pedal until the final shocking revelation.’ – Iqbal Hussain

Sufiyaan Salam is a writer and former animator from Blackburn. He co-wrote the BAFTA-nominated, BIFA-winning short film MAGID / ZAFAR and won the #Merky Books New Writers’ Prize for his novel Wimmy Road Boyz. He was also named an Observer Best Debut Novelist 2026.

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