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Boy On A Wire
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Boy On A Wire

Jon Doust
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Dedicated to all those boys who carried their scars into manhood, Boy on a Wire is about an underdog who bites back. Sent to boarding school at a young age Jack Muir quickly has to decide who he is going to be. Will he roll over or bare his teeth at the bullies, the bullied and the boarding school system? Jack gets by with a quick wit and a macabre sense of humour -

but not everyone is so lucky. Boy on a Wire depicts alienation and the beginnings of depression with poignancy and humour.

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Fremantle Press
Country
Australia
Date
30 March 2009
Pages
240
ISBN
9781921361456

Dedicated to all those boys who carried their scars into manhood, Boy on a Wire is about an underdog who bites back. Sent to boarding school at a young age Jack Muir quickly has to decide who he is going to be. Will he roll over or bare his teeth at the bullies, the bullied and the boarding school system? Jack gets by with a quick wit and a macabre sense of humour -

but not everyone is so lucky. Boy on a Wire depicts alienation and the beginnings of depression with poignancy and humour.

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Fremantle Press
Country
Australia
Date
30 March 2009
Pages
240
ISBN
9781921361456

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Jon Doust’s debut book, Boy on a Wire has been longlisted for the 2010 Miles Franklin Award. A darkly funny coming-of-age story, it’s a ripping read with echoes of Craig Sherborne’s Hoi Polloi. Jo Case spoke to him for…
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