The Peculiar Memories of Thomas Penman

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'Hums with particularity and vision' - Observer

'Never before has the painful, knotty journey to maturity been depicted with such gusto, and never has the venerable Bildungsroman received such riotously profane treatment' - New York Times
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The acclaimed autobiographical debut novel by Oscar-winning screenwriter Bruce Robinson, the author of Withnail and I

This is the story of a dysfunctional family. It is about a boy and his grandpa, life and death, sex and hate, dog's meat and cancer.

It is also about pornography, enemas, Morse codes, puberty, secrets, God and loathing.

It is also about love.

About the author

Bruce Robinson was nominated for an Academy Award for the screenplay of The Killing Fields. He has written and directed many other films, most famously Withnail and I.

Product details

• Authors: Bruce Robinson
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.11.1998
• EAN: 9780747542377
• ISBN: 978-0-7475-4237-7
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 200 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 242 g
• Subject: Fiction