The Wrong Boy
$40.56
- Paperback
512 pages
- Release Date
3 August 2001
Summary
The superb first novel by the internationally acclaimed playwright.
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 …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780552996457 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0552996459 |
| Author: | Willy Russell |
| Publisher: | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Imprint: | Black Swan |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 512 |
| Release Date: | 3 August 2001 |
| Weight: | 356g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 129mm x 34mm |
| Series: | Black Swan |
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Critics Review
A big-hearted, wonderfully funny and engrossing saga.
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 unforgettable character, both unique and an Everyman. * Mail on Sunday *
About The Author
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 Rita and Shirley Valentine, and the award-winning West End musical hits Blood Brothers and John, Paul, George, Ringo and Bert. He and his family live in Liverpool.
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