The 'raucous' debut novel set entirely on one epic night out

The 'raucous' debut novel set entirely on one epic night out1 hour agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleIan YoungsCulture reporterAlina AkbarSufiyaan Salam's book Wimmy Road Boyz is set during one night on Wilmslow Road in ManchesterHe has received a literary award from Stormzy, been nominated for a Bafta, and made a video for Sir Elton John. Now, Sufiyaan Salam has written one of the year's most hotly tipped debut novels, set over an epic night out in Manchester.It's the morning after the night before on Manchester's famous Curry Mile.Most of the eating establishments that line this stretch of road are hidden behind metal shutters, and a trickle of people and cars pass through.It was a very different scene the previous night, when the restaurants and road were packed with revellers celebrating Eid."There's something interesting about seeing it this morning," says Sufiyaan Salam, surveying the sleepy street. "It looks cool, but it's just a street, and there's a lot of takeaways and shisha bars and a random pharmacy."When I was here last night, and it was Eid, the whole thing was just blocked with cars. People were queuing up so they can just drive around again, and then they'll stop at the other end and come back."Last night, and most nights, you have people spilling out onto the streets."There were two kids sitting on top of a car with vuvuzelas, just making as much noise as possible. It was fun."On nights like those, the Curry Mile is transformed into a "mythical" place, Salam says."For me, when I was a kid, and coming here as a teenager with the boys, and when I come here as an adult, there's this feeling that it's not quite a reality," he explains. "You've slipped into this... It's like a religious pilgrimage in a way. That's what's interesting."That's the heady, heightened atmosphere that the author has tried to...