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4.8/5 Barnes & Noble Publication date 1999 Pages 356 pp Originally published 1999 Country United Kingdom | 3.6/5 Goodreads Language English Media type Print (Hardback) ISBN 9955-08-645-9 Followed by Man and Wife | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Man and Boy is a novel by Tony Parsons. It was awarded the 2001 British Book of the Year award.
Contents
Plot introduction
Harry Silver is a successful television producer about to turn 30. He is happily married, has a four-year-old son and drives a convertible sports car. Then he spends the night with a colleague from work and his life falls apart; his wife leaves him and emigrates to Japan, he loses his job and he has to cope with being a single parent... While coping with the stress of being a single parent, he meets another woman at a coffee shop, a woman whom he has already met with her child, then they part. Harry finds a new job and eventually moves on with his life.
TV Adaptation
A BBC One adaptation of the book was aired in 2002 starring Ioan Gruffudd and Elizabeth Mitchell.
Sequels
In 2003 a sequel was released, Man and Wife, followed in 2010 by Men From the Boys to complete the trilogy.