The Heavyweight Champion of Nothing (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781913452520)

It started when the boss announced: "You guys can fight in the alley, you can fight in the truck yard, but stop fighting in the customers' fucking houses..." This changes everything for Johnny and the rest of the crew, who were accustomed to a policy which allowed drugs and violence during work hours. Moving furniture for a living allowed guys with spotty criminal and work histories to barely keep their heads above water, but the instatement of actual rules provokes an unfocused urge for revenge. Johnny and the guys use the boss' trucks to burglarize houses, kicking off a poorly-planned crime spree. This is a working-class crime novel where the intended target is anyone who is "not us."