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Description for Strange Boy
Paperback. Good clear copy with some minor shelf wear
As the lurid excesses of the swirling 1970s give way to the neutral pastal shades of the early 1980s, David is ten years old but growing-up fast in a broken home in the north-east of England. Life for him and his brother is a constant whirl of interrogating parents, would-be step-families and over-bearing relatives. David lives with his mam, except at weekends when he sees his dad and his gran, who's always off impersonating Shirley Bassey down the working-men's clubs. The big women in his family talk to him like a grown-up, like he's one of the girls. They tell ... Read more
As the lurid excesses of the swirling 1970s give way to the neutral pastal shades of the early 1980s, David is ten years old but growing-up fast in a broken home in the north-east of England. Life for him and his brother is a constant whirl of interrogating parents, would-be step-families and over-bearing relatives. David lives with his mam, except at weekends when he sees his dad and his gran, who's always off impersonating Shirley Bassey down the working-men's clubs. The big women in his family talk to him like a grown-up, like he's one of the girls. They tell ... Read more
Product Details
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780689836572
SKU
KIN0032100
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Paul Magrs
Paul Magrs has already written several adult novels, for both Chatto/Vintage and Allision and Busby, and has picked up glowing reviews from publications as diverse as the TLS, the Sunday Times and Esquire. He teaches the Creative Writing MS Fiction Course at the University of East Anglia with Andrew Motion. Strange Boy, a semi-autobiographical tale, by turns hilarious, harrowing and ... Read more
Reviews for Strange Boy
A debut children's novel by a highly successful writer for adults. As the lurid excesses of the 1970s give way to the neutral pastels of the 1980s, David is 10 years old, but growing up fast in a broken home in the North-east of England. This is a semi-autobiographical tale which is by turns funny and harrowing.