The Kid
A True Story
$24.30
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
22 April 2004
Summary
The Sunday Times No 1-bestselling true story and major UK movie about the boy who escaped a life of violence.
Kevin Lewis grew up on a council estate in South London. Beaten and starved by his parents, ignored by the social services and bullied at school, he was offered a chance to escape this nightmare world and was put into care. Despite his best efforts to make things work out, his life spiralled out of control. At the age of 17 he became caught up in the criminal underworld of Lon…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141014623 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0141014628 |
| Author: | Kevin Lewis |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 22 April 2004 |
| Weight: | 145g |
| Dimensions: | 180mm x 115mm x 15mm |
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Critics Review
Harrowing, chilling … with passages of heartbreaking frankness. An absorbing, gruesome and salutary tale … by the end, your heart is overwhelmed * Daily Telegraph *
Devastating. I can’t think of a story that is more unreadably sad or a story that it feels more essential to go on reading * Evening Standard *
About The Author
Kevin Lewis
Kevin Lewis grew up on the mean streets of south London. The Kid, his first book, chronicles his life at the hands of his violent parents and a system that neglected him. His first novel, Kaitlyn, was a paperback bestseller.
Living in Surrey, Kevin is thirty-two and married with two children.
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