Moss Side Massive : Black Sapphire Press : 9781684540143 : 1684540143 : 28 Feb 2019 : In this powerhouse first novel, Karline Smith graphically portrays the harsh realities of life on the mean streets of Manchester's Moss Side district where baby-faced drug dealers ply their trade on mountain bikes whilst gun shots shatter the night air, in the 1990s.Long before the mandem there was posses, and crews. This book is a step back in time into a do or die world. This book is now a cult crime classic."The side of Manchester people never get to see...wicked stuff" - Victor Headley, author of best-selling Jamaican gangster novel YARDIE"A rare glimpse into a world in which the women are hopelessly patient and the men little more than demanding children obsessed with their toys is grimly exotic and extremely readable. " - Times Literary Supplement"Karline Smith is an author that is certainly going places." - The Voice Newspaper"This book is a jewel. A time-piece that captures an era, revisited t