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21%OFFMikey Walsh - Gypsy Boy: The bestselling memoir of a Romany childhood - 9780340977989 - V9780340977989
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Gypsy Boy: The bestselling memoir of a Romany childhood

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Description for Gypsy Boy: The bestselling memoir of a Romany childhood Paperback. Gypsy Boy is the first commercial memoir written by someone on the inside of the notoriously secretive culture of the Romany Gypsies. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 228.

'It was a revelation. Moving, terrifying, funny and brilliant. I shall never forget it - an amazing achievement' STEPHEN FRY

'Brash and frightening and funny' NEW YORK TIMES

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The Sunday Times bestselling Gypsy Boy was the first commercial memoir written by someone on the inside of the notoriously secretive culture of the Romany Gypsies.

MIKEY WAS BORN into a Romany Gypsy family. They live in a closeted community, and little is known about their way of life. After centuries of persecution Gypsies are wary of outsiders and if you ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780340977989
SKU
V9780340977989
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About Mikey Walsh
Mikey Walsh was one of the first Romany Gypsies ever to write a book. He grew up living in a caravan on sites across the UK, and had hardly any schooling. He taught himself to read and write, and his first book Gypsy Boy published in 2008 and became a Number 1 Bestseller. It sold all over the world and ... Read more

Reviews for Gypsy Boy: The bestselling memoir of a Romany childhood
It was a revelation. Moving, terrifying, funny and brilliant. I shall never forget it - an amazing achievement
Stephen Fry
Brash and frightening and funny - tonally, think of Frank McCourt meeting Axl Rose.
The New York Times
In this violent yet often comic memoir, Walsh writes of life as an English Gypsy ... Gypsy Boy ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for Gypsy Boy: The bestselling memoir of a Romany childhood


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