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PAPERBOY
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| By: |
Christopher Fowler |
| Format: |
Electronic book text |
| List price:
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£9.98 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1409080137 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781409080138 |
| Publisher: |
TRANSWORLD PUBLISHERS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
12 February, 2009 |
| Pages: |
304 |
| Description: |
A memoir that captures life in suburban London as it has rarely been seen: through the eyes of a lonely boy who spends his days between the library and the cinema, devouring novels, comics, cereal packets - anything that might reveal a story. |
| Synopsis: |
Christopher Fowler's memoir captures life in suburban London as it has rarely been seen: through the eyes of a lonely boy who spends his days between the library and the cinema, devouring novels, comics, cereal packets - anything that might reveal a story. Caught between an ever-sensible but exhausted mother and a DIY-obsessed father fighting his own demons, Christopher takes refuge in words. His parents try to understand their son's peculiar obsessions, but fast lose patience with him - and each other. The war of nerves escalates to include every member of the Fowler family, and something has to give, but does it mean that a boy must always give up his dreams for the tough lessons of real life? Beautifully written, this rich and astute evocation of a time and a place recalls a childhood at once entertainingly eccentric and endearingly ordinary. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Transworld Digital |
| Prizes: |
Winner of Green Carnation Prize 2010. |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |