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. 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, this rich and astute evocation of a time and a place
recalls a childhood at once entertainingly eccentric and
endearingly ordinary.
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