Devil Take the Hindmost

At GBP10,000, the Dundee International Book Prize is the richest prize for an unpublished novel in the UK. This year’s winning title, Devil Take the Hindmost, is a gripping historical noir set during the amphitamine-fuelled craze for velodrome racing which took London by storm in the late 1920s. Into this world stumbles Paul, a bewildered Scottish farmboy running away from home. Powerfully built with a fierce passion for cycling, he is taken under the wing of Silas, a local loan shark, and from there enters a world he is ill-equipped to survive. As the races get harder, the bets get larger, and the terrifying Mr Morton starts to take an interest in Paul’s career. For lovers of Peaky Blinders and Brighton Rock, Devil Take the Hindmost is a thrilling ride through an historical London that is rarely visited.