Product Description
The Wrong Boy
Author(s): Willy Russell
Format: Paperback
The hilarious, bittersweet novel from the playwright behind EDUCATING RITA, SHIRLEY VALENTINE and award-winning musical BLOOD BROTHERS.
'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
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.
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Readers Love the Wrong Boy
'The brilliant way this book is written has you laughing helplessly'
'How the author gets deep inside the head of this young boy as he grows up is incredible'
'Russell's voice is full of humour, laughter and comfort. It's heartwarming rather than heartbreaking and there is plenty to make you smile'
'Raymond is a funny and poignant character and made me both laugh, and not just cry, but actually sob'
'The dialogue - as you might expect from a dramatist - is cracking stuff: a colloquial poetry reminiscent of Roddy Doyle' THE GUARDIAN
'Russell delights in his skilful depiction of a child's-eye view' THE LITERARY REVIEW
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