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'A classic of its kind.' William Boyd
'Thought-provoking, hilarious, sardonic and scarily brilliant.' Scotsman
'A work of dazzling craft.' Times Literary Supplement
'A memoir in a million.' Sunday Times

** Chosen as a Time Book of the Year **

Don Paterson was born in Dundee, Scotland, in 1963. He spent his boyhood on a council housing estate.

When he wasn't busy dreading his birthdays, dodging kids who wanted to kill him in a game of toy fights,
working with his country-and-western singer dad, obsessing over God, origami, sex or Scottish football cards, he was developing a sugar addiction, playing guitar and descending into madness.

While he didn't manage to figure out who he was meant to be, the first twenty years of his life - before he took a chance, packed his guitar and boarded a train to London - did, for better or worse, shape who he would become

'A book that swan-dives into the filthy waters of growing up and resurfaces clear-eyed, bearing pearls.' Financial Times
'Paterson is arguably Scotland's finest writer at work today, his sense of the absurd is acutely honed, his wisdom hard-won.' The National
'Wonderful, aggressively wise and always - especially at its most serious - devastatingly funny.' Geoff Dyer

Toy Fights: A Boyhood - 'A classic of its kind' William Boyd

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'A classic of its kind.' William Boyd'Thought-provoking, hilarious, sardonic and scarily brilliant.' Scotsman'A work of dazzling craft.' Times Literary Supplement'A... Read more

    Publisher: Faber & Faber
    Publication Date: 18/01/2024
    ISBN13: 9780571240289, 978-0571240289
    ISBN10: 0571240283

    Number of Pages: 384

    Non Fiction , Biography

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    'A classic of its kind.' William Boyd
    'Thought-provoking, hilarious, sardonic and scarily brilliant.' Scotsman
    'A work of dazzling craft.' Times Literary Supplement
    'A memoir in a million.' Sunday Times

    ** Chosen as a Time Book of the Year **

    Don Paterson was born in Dundee, Scotland, in 1963. He spent his boyhood on a council housing estate.

    When he wasn't busy dreading his birthdays, dodging kids who wanted to kill him in a game of toy fights,
    working with his country-and-western singer dad, obsessing over God, origami, sex or Scottish football cards, he was developing a sugar addiction, playing guitar and descending into madness.

    While he didn't manage to figure out who he was meant to be, the first twenty years of his life - before he took a chance, packed his guitar and boarded a train to London - did, for better or worse, shape who he would become

    'A book that swan-dives into the filthy waters of growing up and resurfaces clear-eyed, bearing pearls.' Financial Times
    'Paterson is arguably Scotland's finest writer at work today, his sense of the absurd is acutely honed, his wisdom hard-won.' The National
    'Wonderful, aggressively wise and always - especially at its most serious - devastatingly funny.' Geoff Dyer

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