num_pages: 193
description: Told with black humour, this is the story of a group of no-hope rep actors in Liverpool in the mid 50s, doing Peter Pan. Stella, the heroine who is Tinkerbell, is a sad and lonely young woman who repeatedly calls the speaking clock for comfort.
language: English
title: An Awfully Big Adventure
titlecomplete: An Awfully Big Adventure
genres: Literature, British Literature, Classics, Literary Fiction, Novels, Coming Of Age, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Contemporary, Theatre
ratings_count: 1191
awards: awardedAt: 631180800000
name: Booker Prize
publisher: Penguin