Oliver Lovrenski

Last night i got woke up by marco ringing, and he was crying, he said, he died ivor, he died, and i didnt need to hear who to know, i just hung up.Ivor and Marco have been getting high since they were thirteen, started dealing at fourteen, by fifteen they were carrying knives. At sixteen years old, they hurtle from one trip to the next, one fight to the next, always watching their backs. Ivor dreams of getting out - finishing school, becoming a lawyer, marrying the girl he loves from the corner shop - but the path he's on only leads one way.In flashes of firecracker prose, shot through with rare empathy, irrepressible wit and gut-punch pathos, Oliver Lovrenski gives voice to young men growing up in a brutal and chaotic world.

Ivor vokser opp for raskt og savner det han aldri har hatt. Med seg har han Marco, Arjan og Jonas. De har ikke så mange andre, men de har hverandre. Og det er ikke skolen, det er byen og gata de vil eie. Synd da at junkien på hjørnet sier til dem: Du kanskje elsker gata, men den aldri skal elske deg. Da vi var yngre er en fortelling om vennskap, sorg, rus og overlevelse i dagens Oslo. Et sjeldent innblikk i et røft miljø, og en intens og rå oppvekstroman fortalt med varme og humor.