Grow Up

Paperback Published on: 07/07/2011
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Grow Up
Funny and touching, with some funny touching...
Grow Up, by the absurdly talented 18 year-old novelist, Ben Brooks, is a vivid, dark, occasionally disturbing look at teenage life from the inside. Bearing... READ MORE
Greg Eden
Grow Up
Tristram Hand Shandy
Meet Jasper. Jasper is 17. Jasper likes drugs. And girls. And, y’know, just hanging out. Doing stuff. Sometimes he chats to Thai prostitutes on the interne... READ MORE
Henry Coningsby at Watford
Grow Up
AWESOME
One of the best books I've ever read. Sharp, sassy, funny, dark, messed up; a geniunely love-to-hate character, who takes you on a brilliantly funny time. ... READ MORE
Christopher Smith

Synopsis

Who says youth is wasted on the young?

Jasper wants to get on in the world, but he's got a lot on his plate: A-levels, his mother pushing him to overachieve, weekly visits to his psychologist, come-downs, YouTube suicides and pregnant one-night-stands. Then there's his stepdad - the murderer.

Hilarious and heartbreaking by turns, Grow Up is the ultimate twenty-first-century coming-of-age novel. It paints a vivid portrait of the pills and thrills and bellyaches of growing up today. Funny, smart and twisted, it is the story of one young man transformed.

Publisher information

  • Publisher: Canongate Books
  • ISBN: 9780857861870
  • Number of pages: 240
  • Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 17 mm
  • Weight: 191g
  • Languages: English

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Grow Up
For fans of Skins
Was recommended to me by a friend, funny and honest portrayal of teenage life in Britain. At times I did wonder if people actually do live like that but yo... READ MORE
cmuray