Quotes about The Yardies.
The thing about the Yardies is not that they're fools, but that they are crazy. They have no hierarchy but that sustained by alpha male domination games, no territory except where they have women stashed away, no real plans. Most of their violence is impulsive, and most of it is directed at each other. Their idea of a plan is to ramraid a drug dealer's crib, pile out shooting, grab the stuff and any money, and get away. No such thing as an old Yardie, except for a few very violent, very rich and very cunning men.
—Fairyland, by Paul J McAuley
