The Wrong Boy (Paperback)
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The Wrong Boy (Paperback)

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Paperback 512 Pages
Published: 01/07/2001
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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: 'I could never read his books, but y' could tell from his picture, there was nothing frivolous about John-Paul Sartre.' Felonious Uncle Jason and Appalling Aunty Paula are lusting after the satellite dish.

And so he turns to the one person who'll understand what he's going through: Morrissey. Told through a series of heartfelt letters to the frontman of The Smiths, this is a laugh-out-loud funny, incredibly poignant tale from a character you can't help but love.

'Big-hearted, wonderfully funny and engrossing' THE MIRROR

'A warm, funny, poignant story. I loved The Wrong Boy - and so will you' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH

'A comic masterpiece' BEL MOONEY, MAIL ON SUNDAY

Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
ISBN: 9780552996457
Number of pages: 512
Weight: 346 g
Dimensions: 198 x 127 x 30 mm


MEDIA REVIEWS

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

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