Synopses & Reviews
Thomas Penman is enduring a very bad adolescence. Growing up in dark, dingy 1950s England, Thomas has problems. These include an unspeakable personal hygiene issue, an eccentric, ailing grandfather who speaks to him in Morse Code, an unrequited passion for the lovely Gwen Hackett, and an incriminatingly large stash of pornography. To cap it all, his warring parents are having him followed by a private investigator. It's hard to believe that things could get much worse for him, but, in fact, they are about to...
Synopsis
A brilliant coming-of-age novel set in England of the 1950s.
About the Author
Bruce Robinson has written and directed many films, including the cult classic Withnail and I and the adaptation of Hunter S. Thompson's The Rum Diary starring Johnny Depp. He has worked with Franco Zeffirelli, Ken Russell, and Francois Truffaut.