AGGRO - That's what Joe Hawkins and his mates were looking for, with their shaven heads, big boots and braces.

Football matches, pub brawls, open-air pop concerts, hippies and Hell's Angels all gave them chances to vent their sadistic violence.

SKINHEAD is a story straight from today's headlines - portraying with horrifying vividness all the terror and brutality that has become the trademark of these vicious teenage malcontents.

© RICHARD ALLEN
First NEL Edition July 1970
This edition March 1972

Published by New English Library Limited from Barnard's Inn, Holborn, London EC1.

Joe Hawkins first made his shattering impact on readers in the best-selling novel, SKINHEAD.

For Joe, his exploits of violence and anti-social behaviour were to be cut short by a prison sentence.

But in SKINHEAD ESCAPES Joe Hawkins is on the loose again. With a vengeance to fulfill!

© 1972 Richard Allen
First NEL Paperback Edition July 1972
Reprinted May 1974

Published by New English Library Limited from Barnard's Inn, Holborn, London EC1.

'Sorts' are the Smoothy girls - they're game if the price is right.

Terry Hurdy is running away - from her home, from her skinhead lover, and her memories. She teams up with Rose, who teaches her the ways of the road. Then the aggro starts, and Terry finds herself with "lay-by" problems, drop-outs and drugs - and murder.

This is a new kind of girl - first there were Skinheads and Boot Boys, then the Smoothies - and now there are Sorts, the female of the species.

© 1973 Richard Allen
First NEL Paperback Edition July 1973
Reprinted December 1974

Published by New English Library Limited from Barnard's Inn, Holborn, London EC1.