If the Sixties had been swinging, the Seventies were the hangover - darker, nastier, uglier - especially if you lived on a council estate in the north of England. Rule of Night was first published in 1975 and has since become a cult classic. It pre-dates the current vogue for "hard men" and "football hoolie" books by 25 years. It is, however, much more than this. Trevor Hoyle creates a chillingly detailed world, where teenagers prowl rainy fluorescent-lit streets, the backdrop provided by Ford Cortinas, Players No 6, the factory and the relentless struggle to maintain hope on a north of England council estate. Trevor Hoyle, who has been published by John Calder (home to Samuel Beckett and William S. Burroughs), had added a fascinating afterword to his original book which has been out of print and highly sought after for many years.