Paperboy
By: Christopher Fowler
Edition: Large print edition.
Publisher: Magna
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Long Preston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 382
ISBN-13: 9780750532075
Subjects: Childhood and youth; English Novelists; Biography; Social conditions
Description: Christopher Fowler's endearing childhood memoir captures life in suburban London through the eyes of a lonely boy who spends his days between the library and the cinema, devouring novels, comics, cereal boxes - anything that might reveal a story. Caught between his ever-sensible, exhausted mother and a DIY-obsessed father fighting his own demons, Christopher takes refuge in words. His parents try to understand their son's peculiar obsession but they fast lose patience with him - and each other. Paperboy recalls the days when Vesta Chow Mein was considered the height of sophistication and reading was regarded as something that would just hurt your eyes [cover].
Notes: Originally published: London: Doubleday, 2009.