Raveheart by Graeme Armstrong review – ravers rebel in a Scottish political satire

A veteran techno DJ embarks on a campaign of civil disobedience in this passionate and at times hilarious tale of underground resistance Midway through his firecracker of a debut, 2020’s The Young Team , Graeme Armstrong hurls the reader into an exuberant account of a rave, from protagonist Azzy’s pre-party pharmaceutical prep, through the resulting mystical abandon and euphoria, and on to the inevitable crash back to earth. The description of the anguished comedown is a welcome noughties update of Kingsley Amis’s beer-soaked hanxiety in Lucky Jim. All this, set against a panicky backdrop of&n

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