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Title	:	The Wrong Boy
Author	:	Willy Russell
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 512 pages
Published	:	July 1st 2001 by Black Swan (first published January 1st 2000)
Categories	:	Fiction. Contemporary

The Wrong Boy

Willy Russell

Paperback | Pages: 512 pages

Rating: 4.16 | 1437 Users | 124 Reviews

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The Dewsbury Desperadoes are on their way to Pontefract for a gig at the Allied Butchers' & Architects' Club. The Girl with the Chestnut Eyes is on her way to somewhere. And Raymond is heading for Gulag Grimshy.

Raymond Marks is a normal boy, from a normal family, in a normal northern town. 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: '1 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; frogs are flattened on Failsworth Boulevard; and Sickening Sonia's being sick in the majestic cathedral of words.

Raymond Marks is a normal boy, from a normal family, in a normal northern town. Until, on the banks of the Rochdale Canal, the Flytrapping craze begins and, for Raymond and his mam, nothing is ever quite so normal again.

In Raymond, prize-winning and internationally acclaimed playwright Willy Russell has created an unforgettable character to rival his Shirley Valentine and educated Rita. The Wrong Boy is his extraordinary first novel.

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Original Title:	The Wrong Boy
ISBN:	0552996459 (ISBN13: 9780552996457)
Edition Language:	English

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Ratings: 4.16 From 1437 Users | 124 Reviews

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Willy Russell is a recognized name in theatre; he wrote Blood Brothers, Shirley Valentine, and One for the Road. This is his first novel, an amiable and funny if not totally brilliant foray into fiction. Its a solid promise from an already credible writer.The Wrong Boy is basically the memoirs of Robert Marks, a young British man whos had a rough go. Almost all of his entries into his diary are also letters to Morrissey, the lead singer of The Smiths. This is funny; Morrissey is known for his

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They say misery loves company and I'll accompany this character anywhere. Russell wrote Shirley Valentine and he has written the Wrong Boy with the same pathos, wit and humour.

There were a few annoying errors for the true Smiths/Star Wars fan (there is no song called 'Hatful of Hollow', there's only one Wookie in the original SW trilogy) but, otherwise, a well-observed, touching and funny book that was disturbingly close to autobiography in a few places.

Loved it. Deliciously different. Snortingly funny. Desperately tragic in parts. Highly recommend it.

While listing specifics of what I liked and what I didn't like about this book (sure to have been a snoozer review), I realized it was all the same thing, all had the same overarching problem: an imbalance of scenes. There's your action, your dialogue, your think-y introspection, all the varying types of scenes that crafty authors order with care and thought to pacing. Add in understandable (doesn't need to be perfect) language structure; fresh, likeable, real people who grow and change, who

Read this for book club last month. The writing style was interesting, each chapter is a letter to Morrisey written by the protagonist in his lyric book as he makes a rather circuitous journey from Manchester to Grimsby. Through these letters, Raymond tells the story of his life up until now (he's late teenage, give or take) and how its events have lead him on this journey to Grimsby.The story-telling is stream-of-conciousness, interrupted by Raymond needing to change train, coach or