"Superman", "Dracula", "The Avengers", "Treasure Island"...when you're ten years old, you can fall in love with any story so long as it's a good one. But what if you're growing up in a house without books? Christopher Fowler's memoir captures life in suburban London as it has rarely been seen: through the eyes of a lonely boy who spends his days between the library and the cinema, devouring novels, comics, cereal packets - anything that might reveal a story.But it's 1960, and after fifteen years of post-war belt-tightening, his family is not ready to indulge a child cursed with too much imagination...Caught between an ever-sensible but 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 obsessions, but fast lose patience with him - and each other. The war of nerves escalates to include every member of the Fowler family, and something has to give, but does it mean that a boy must always give up his dreams for the tough lessons of real life? Beautifully written, "Paperboy" is a rich and astute evocation of a time and a place and recalls a childhood at once eccentric and endearingly ordinary.
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Hardback Editions
June 2010 : Hardback
| Title: Paperboy Author(s): Christopher Fowler ISBN: 0-7505-3207-6 / 978-0-7505-3207-5 (UK edition) Publisher: Magna Large Print Books Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
February 2009 : Hardback
| Title: Paperboy Author(s): Christopher Fowler ISBN: 0-385-61557-4 / 978-0-385-61557-0 (USA edition) Publisher: Doubleday Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
Paperback Editions
March 2010 : Paperback
| Title: Paperboy Author(s): Christopher Fowler ISBN: 0-553-82009-5 / 978-0-553-82009-6 (USA edition) Publisher: Bantam Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Audio Editions
August 2010 : Audio CD
| Title: Paperboy Author(s): Christopher Fowler ISBN: 1-84652-837-2 / 9781846528378 (UK edition) Publisher: Magna Story Sound Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
August 2010 : Audio Cassette
| Title: Paperboy Author(s): Christopher Fowler ISBN: 1-84652-836-4 / 9781846528361 (UK edition) Publisher: Magna Story Sound Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Other Editions
August 2010 : Unknown
| Title: Paperboy Author(s): Christopher Fowler ISBN: 1-84652-838-0 / 9781846528385 (UK edition) Publisher: Magna Story Sound Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
February 2009 : Kindle edition
| Title: Paperboy Author(s): Christopher Fowler Publisher: Transworld Digital Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
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