SOLD PAPERBOY - A MEMOIR BY CHRISTOPHER FOWLER DOODLED FIRST EDITION BOOK (9)

Over the past few years Christopher Fowler has become a star of the sci-fi literary world. He is an award winning author and his books are now treasured collectibles. Paperboy is his first memoir and to celebrate the release he has created some stunning doodled books. Each book has an illustration inside from his childhood notebooks that actually influenced this fantastic title. Take a look at the pictures for more details as each one is completely unique.

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'The book is fabulous, and I hope it sells forever' --JOANNE HARRIS

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'Entrancing, funny, deeply moving and wonderfully written. Please read it'


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

About the Author
Christopher Fowler is the acclaimed author of twelve novels, including Roofworld, Spanky and Soho Black, and six Bryant & May mysteries including the award-winning Full Dark House and, most recently, The Victoria Vanishes. He lives in King's Cross, London.

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