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There Is A Happy Land

Paperback • 2014 • 1. edition

There Is A Happy Land

By Keith Waterhouse

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About the book

There is a Happy Land tells of the events of a few weeks in the life of a small boy on a north county council estate and the rhubarb fields, quarries and Cleark of Works' yard that are his playground.Unlike most boys portrayed in fiction he is not an ultrasensitive soul but an ordinary boy, occasionally cowardly, sometimes a liar, tough in his own eyes and often insecure in his dealings with others. In his evocation of the jingles, games, fantasies and nightmares of childhood, Waterhouse brings ...Show more

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ISBN

9781444753905

Publisher

Hodder & Stoughton

Published year

2014

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Edition

1

Original title

There Is A Happy Land

Format

Paperback

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