Awards

• Long-listed for John Spray Mystery Award 2018 (Canada)
• Short-listed for John Spray Mystery Award 2018 (Canada)
• Short-listed for White Pine 2019 (Canada)
• Short-listed for White Pine 2019 2018 (Canada)
• Winner of Best Books for Kids & Teens, Spring 2018 2018 (Canada)

Overview

How a group of Portland, Maine, punks defeated a murderous gang of neo-Nazis. The X Gang is a group of punks led by the scarred, silent, and mostly unreadable Christopher X. His best friend, Kurt Blank, is a hulking and talented punk guitarist living in the closet. Sisters Patti and Betty Upchuck form the core of the feminist Punk Rock Virgins band, and are the closest to X and Kurt. Assorted hangers-on and young upstarts fill out the X Gang's orbit: the Hot Nasties, the Social Blemishes, and even the legendary Joe Strummer of the Clash. Together, they've all but taken over Gary's, an old biker bar. Then over one dark weekend, a bloody crime nearly brings it all to an end. Based on real events, Warren Kinsella tells the story of the X Gang's punk lives - the community hall gigs, the antiracism rallies, the fanzines and poetry and art, and what happened after the brutal murders of two of their friends.

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Reviews

Tension starts high and stays there in this unflinching page-turner, which offers a fascinating glimpse into the early punk scene and a moving testament to the power of friendship. - Publishers Weekly Kinsella skilfully blends convincing depictions of both the punk scene and the racist underground with the hoary trope of a band of kids setting out to solve a mystery ... a suspenseful page-turner that also gives considerable food for thought. - Quill & Quire A compelling and jagged read. - School Library Journal

Tension starts high and stays there in this unflinching page-turner, which offers a fascinating glimpse into the early punk scene and a moving testament to the power of friendship. - Publishers Weekly Kinsella skilfully blends convincing depictions of both the punk scene and the racist underground with the hoary trope of a band of kids setting out to solve a mystery ... a suspenseful page-turner that also gives considerable food for thought. - Quill & Quire

Tension starts high and stays there in this unflinching page-turner, which offers a fascinating glimpse into the early punk scene and a moving testament to the power of friendship. - Publishers Weekly Kinsella skilfully blends convincing depictions of both the punk scene and the racist underground with the hoary trope of a band of kids setting out to solve a mystery ... a suspenseful page-turner that also gives considerable food for thought. - Quill & Quire A compelling and jagged read. - School Library Journal Unlike anything he had written before. - Calgary Herald

Author Information

Warren Kinsella is an author, musician, lawyer, and political consultant. Recipe for Hate is book one in the X Gang series. Warren plays bass in a punk rock group called SFH and runs the popular blog The War Room. He lives in Toronto.

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