The Peculiar Memories of Thomas Penman (Bloomsbury Classic Reads)

The Peculiar Memories of Thomas Penman (Bloomsbury Classic Reads)

by Bruce Robinson (Author)

Synopsis

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...

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 288
Edition: UK open market ed
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 05 Jul 2004

ISBN 10: 0747574588
ISBN 13: 9780747574583
Book Overview: The first novel from the author and director of Withnail and I Now published at GBP5.99 as part of the Bloomsbury Classic Reads series. Dumpbin and trade advertising

Media Reviews
'Magnificent ... intensely funny' Empire 'My favourite book of all time ... simply amazing. He is such a brilliant, funny writer and I buy it for as many friends as I can' Kellie Shirley, EastEnders actress, Sunday Express 'Beautiful ... Almost every passage of this book hums with particularity and vision' Observer 'A strange, unsettling book which is, by turns, grotesque, lyrical, touching and darkly comic' Spectator
Author Bio
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.