What I Did

What I Did

by Christopher Wakling (Author), Christopher Wakling (Author)

Synopsis

A boy runs across a busy road.
His father catches him and smacks him.
A passer-by looks on.

This is what happens next.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 288
Publisher: John Murray
Published: 19 Jan 2012

ISBN 10: 0719569095
ISBN 13: 9780719569098
Book Overview: The story of a father accused of child abuse, seen through the eyes of his six-year-old son.

Media Reviews
Gripping, hilarious and tender, this is, without doubt, one of the books of the year * Daily Mail *
The novel brilliantly captures parent-child relations in the raw and the emotions that even the most experienced social worker can't tame * Independent *
An amusing and unsettling story * Saturday Guardian *
This is family life at its most believable: warm and messy, bored and raging. WHAT I DID is every parent's nightmare, but will make you burst out laughing too. I loved it. * Emma Donoghue, author of ROOM *
I loved it! Staggeringly good. Terrifyingly good * Lisa Jewell *
Hugely impressive, gripping, funny and thought provoking * Emily Barr *
Excellent . . . Dark but uplifting * Alex Preston *
[A] fine, challenging novel * Mail on Sunday *
Author Bio
Christopher Wakling has worked as a teacher, lawyer and travel writer. Educated at Oxford, he now lives in Bristol with his wife and children.