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The Wrong Boy

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Description for The Wrong Boy Paperback. Raymond Marks is a normal boy, from a normal family, in a northern town. Until, on the banks of the Rochdale Canal, the flytrapping craze begins and, for Raymond, nothing is ever quite so normal again. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 31. Weight in Grams: 352.

The hilarious, bittersweet novel from the playwright behind EDUCATING RITA, SHIRLEY VALENTINE and award-winning musical BLOOD BROTHERS.

Dear Morrissey,
I'm feeling dead depressed and down. Like a streetlamp without a bulb or a goose at the onset of Christmas time.
Anyroad, I thought I'd pen a few lines to someone who'd understand...

It's 1991. Raymond Marks is a normal boy, from a normal family, in a normal northern town. Only lately, he's been feeling dead down. His dad left home after falling in love with a five-string banjo. His fun-hating grandma believes she should have married Jean-Paul Sartre: ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Black Swan
Condition
New
Number of Pages
512
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780552996457
SKU
9780552996457
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1

About Willy Russell
Willy Russell was born in Whiston, near Liverpool, and left school at fifteen. He worked as a ladies' hairdresser for six years, stacked stockings at Bear Brand, cleaned girders at Ford, before getting into writing, first as a songwriter then as a playwright. He is the author of, amongst others, the multi-award-winning plays - later made into films - Educating ... Read more

Reviews for The Wrong Boy
A big-hearted, wonderfully funny and engrossing saga.
The Mirror
Unusual, funny, unsettling and rich with sadness.
The Times
A warm, funny, poignant story. I loved The Wrong Boy - and so will you.
Sunday Telegraph
A comic masterpiece.
Bel Mooney
Mail on Sunday
Willy Russell's triumph is to have created an ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for The Wrong Boy


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