_______________________ 'Hums with particularity and vision' - Observer 'Never before has the painful, knotty journey to maturity been depicted with such gusto, and never has the venerable Bildungsroman received such riotously profane treatment' - New York Times _______________________ The acclaimed autobiographical debut novel by Oscar-winning screenwriter Bruce Robinson, the author of Withnail and I This is the story of a dysfunctional family. It is about a boy and his grandpa, life and death, sex and hate, dog's meat and ...
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_______________________ 'Hums with particularity and vision' - Observer 'Never before has the painful, knotty journey to maturity been depicted with such gusto, and never has the venerable Bildungsroman received such riotously profane treatment' - New York Times _______________________ The acclaimed autobiographical debut novel by Oscar-winning screenwriter Bruce Robinson, the author of Withnail and I This is the story of a dysfunctional family. It is about a boy and his grandpa, life and death, sex and hate, dog's meat and cancer. It is also about pornography, enemas, Morse codes, puberty, secrets, God and loathing. It is also about love.
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Very Good. Book Octavo, softcover, VG. 278 pp. Meet thirteen-year-old Thomas Penman. Growing up in a bizarre household of eccentrics, including a mother and father who wage a silent war against each other. Thomas downs his first drink, smokes his first cigarette, and checks out his grandfather's porno collection--a hilarious, engaging, and touching debut novel, a brilliant tale of one British working-class teen's unforgettable coming of age.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good with no marks, damage or labels. Prev. owner sig. on inside front cover. Thanks for your business! Your satisfaction is guaranteed!
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A coming of age first novel that is not written in the first person is a novelty, even more so if the debut writer turns out to be the director of the cult hit 'Withnail and I'; yet, this book ultimately disappoints. The plot has a lot going for it: Thomas Penman, a thirteen-year-old given to defecating in little parcels and leaving them about for the unsuspecting, likes to construct elaborate explosive devices with which to torment crabs on the local beach with his best friend Maurice and tap out Morse code messages on the wires set-up between him and his beloved grandfather Walter. But, for all its quirkiness, the book is surprisingly mundane; Robinson?s genius at effortlessly creating wit and pathos on screen does not easily translate to literature - something is missing, and plodding through the often turgid and bland prose starts feeling like a chore. Perhaps Robinson should stick to writing (and making) movies, something he clearly does best.
