ISBN The Wrong Boy book General novel English Paperback 512 pages

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.
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ig-hearted, wonderfully funny and engrossing'THE MIRROR
'A warm, funny, poignant story. I lovedThe Wrong Boy- and so will you'SUNDAY TELEGRAPH'A comic masterpiece'
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