A Big Boy Did It And Ran Away by Christopher Brookmyre - ISBN: 9780349116846
Paperback
Dreams deferred, reality bites: one rock star dreams, the other kills.

A Big Boy Did It And Ran Away

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  • Paperback

    512 pages

  • Release Date

    1 October 2003

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Summary

Back when they were students, just like everybody else, Ray Ash and Simon Darcourt had dreams about what they’d do when they grew up. In both their cases, it was to be rock stars. Fifteen years later, their mid-thirties are bearing down fast, and just like everybody else, they’re having to accept the less glamorous hands reality has dealt them.

Nervous new father Ray takes refuge from his responsibilities by living a virtual existence in online games. People say he needs to grow up, b…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780349116846
ISBN-10:0349116849
Author:Christopher Brookmyre
Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
Imprint:Abacus
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:512
Release Date:1 October 2003
Weight:352g
Dimensions:198mm x 129mm x 32mm
Series:Angelique De Xavier
What They're Saying

Critics Review

A bit like a literary computer game, this novel has plenty of verve and dash, with Brookmyre more in your face than a smack from an outraged lover whose bottom you’ve pinched. - IRISH TIMES

Brookmyre offers a brilliantly scathing portrayal of humanity… Sharply satirical and poignantly funny, this is a gripping and highly entertaining read. - TIME OUT

Hilarous, exhilerating entertainment. - GLASGOW HERALD

He really can write, with an exhilerating linguistic fluency and keenly subversive intelligence. - SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY

About The Author

Christopher Brookmyre

Chris Brookmyre was a journalist before becoming a full time novelist with the publication of QUITE UGLY ONE MORNING. Since the first publication of A BIG BOY DID IT AND RAN AWAY, he and his family decided to move away from Aberdeen and now live near Glasgow. Oh, yes.

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