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Man and Boy
- Author
- Tony Parsons
- Narrator
- Charlie Anson
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Publish Date
- 25 July 2019
- Run Time
- 9 hours 48 minutes
- Format
- x-book®
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What to expect
‘Wistful, touching and funny’ Mail on Sunday
‘Hilarious and tear-jerking in turns’ Express
‘A sharp, witty and wise book straight from the heart’ Daily Mail
Harry Silver has it all. A successful job in TV, a gorgeous wife, a lovely child. But in one moment of madness, he chucks it all away.
A modern classic, Man and Boy is a hilarious and touching novel about how Harry comes to terms with his life, brings up his son alone and, gradually, learns what words like love and family really mean.
Critics Review
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Praise for Man and Boy:
‘Wistful, touching and funny, it looks back at the glory days of the family without losing hope for the future. In the end, it is a deeply touching book: a love letter to a son from his father, and to a father from his son’
Mail on Sunday‘One of the finest books published this year… Hilarious and tear-jerking in turns’
Express‘Parsons has written a sharp, witty and wise book straight from his heart. His characters are all nitty-gritty, bounce-off-the-page, real people; his dialogue is brilliant’
Daily Mail‘A touching novel… full of quiet tenderness, and written from the heart’
Independent‘A finely constructed novel that says more about human relationships than a library of psychology manuals, hitting the funny bone and the emotional jugular at one and the same time’ Irish Times
‘A grown-up novel that is simultaneously a heart-rending gripping read and suffused with an irresistible reality’ Glasgow Herald
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Details
- Author
- Tony Parsons
- Narrator
- Charlie Anson
- Duration
- 9 hours 48 minutes
- Release Date
- 25 July 2019
- ISBN
- 9780008368456
- Format
- x-book®
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Genre
- Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Classic fiction: general and literary
Synopsis
The 20th anniversary edition of the multi-million copy bestseller! ‘Wistful, touching and funny’ Mail on Sunday ‘Hilarious and tear-jerking in turns’ Express ‘A sharp, witty and wise book straight from the heart’ Daily Mail Harry Silver has it all. A successful job in TV, a gorgeous wife, a lovely child. But in one moment of madness, he chucks it all away. A modern classic, Man and Boy is a hilarious and touching novel about how Harry comes to terms with his life, brings up his son alone and, gradually, learns what words like love and family really mean.
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