A Novel

The Psyke Green Machine

Glasgow, 1984. A sixteen-year-old boy. A summer that changes everything. A voice you won't forget.

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About the Author

Khalifa grew up in Libya and Scotland during the 1970s and 1980s, shaped by punk music, friendship, fun and magic.

The Psyke Green Machine is his first novel.

Scottish Literary Fiction

The Psyke Green Machine

A coming-of-age story set in 1984 Glasgow that explores the space between adolescence and adulthood, between the person you show the world and the one you keep hidden.

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