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Summary: Definition of a "Man"
Review: I bought this book by chance as I was waiting for my flight at the airport, and I must admit I was really surprised how good it turned out to be. I had never heard of the writer Tony Parsons, so I was really impressed by his writing ability. He takes you on a roller-coaster ride of laughter and tears as his life is turned upside down when he commits infinity after an office party, losses his wife, and has to take care of their 5-year-old child, hence the title "Man and Boy". From a male perspective, this book portrays the struggles of a man as he tries to rearrange his life, prioritise his commitments and right some wrongs after one fatal mistake. Brilliant, one of my all time favourite.
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Summary: Man and Boy and Boy
Review: Man has indiscreet relationship. Wife walks out. He is left alone with 5 year old son. 'Thinking man's Kramer v Kramer' was what I expected. But this is more, much more. Tony Parsons looks sensitively and wittily with the man's contrasting relationship with his son and his own father. Through the pain of losing everything he discovers the true value of relationships. There are many 'laugh out loud' moments. And as many tear-jerkers. The moment the ailing grandfather is visited in hospital by the confused grandson is the key incident for me. Almost led to an embarrasing show of emotion on a flight to London. Deserves all of its praise.
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Summary: Great, great read
Review: I picked this up while I was on vacation overseas, and absolutely loved it. I'm thrilled it's finally made its way over here. It's funny, touching, honest, and totally, totally enjoyable. This simple of a story of a man, his separation, and his struggle to raise his son and find himself was both humorous and moving, yet all without being too corny. If I had to make one complaint it would be that the book becomes too much like a screenplay, but that didn't stop me from fully enjoying it. It's almost like a more grown up HIGH FIDELITY or BRIDGET JONES. I passed it onto several friends and we all felt the same. Definitely one of my all time favorites.
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Summary: Review
Review: It is a meaningful story and my friend strongly recommended me to read this book. This story teaches you to be a responsible person. When u did the wrong things, you should assume the effects. Don't go away and responsible it. It involves many conflicts between parents and children that are always happened nowadays. Although I do not have this experience, I can understand the feeling of family conflicts from this book. I know that if the family was broken, it will affect the emotion of all family members. And the child will be affected his own study, emotion and growth. In the story, Harry knew that he felt very sorry for his wife and son but his wife demanded to divorce him. During the days that he looked after his son, he understood what are the need of children, and their feelings. He knew that his wife would bring his son a blessedness of life and he did not want his son be sad, so he gave up to authority of taking after his son for the rest of his life.
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Summary: enlightening
Review: relates to the modern world where men are prone to straying, temptations surrounding us, but there will be some who are still hoping to find true love, hoping to learn the real meaning of love, not only falling in love with love,but to learn the real sacrifices one has to make to love with someone. It does in a way touches the hearts of people by putting in a lot of humanity in it. It is basically about a man trying to find himself and to discover what love really is all about. truly worth reading.
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Summary: Nice and easy
Review: A book that is very easygoing and observational on that wonderful thirtysomething bracket. A nice British feel to it.
I would group this in with Nick Hornby, Steve Horsfall, and Helen Fielding
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Summary: Just So, So
Review: I found this book just did not connect with me. The guy is thirty, going through a mid-life crisis, so he sleeps with a co- worker, buy's a two seat sports car(he has a four year old son for goodness sake where is he going to sit?), loses his job and his wife. And the guy isn't pounding the pavement for a job? Give me a break.
His wife leaves him after a one night affair, and after he apologizes profusely for it she gets up and goes to Japan and leaves him and her son. And you are supposed to want her to come back? The guy is actually asking her to return. She leaves him and their son to go to Japan and finds another man in the process, and this guy is actually asking her to come back?I just could not relate to this guy.
Being a 34 year old dad, I could not understand how he comes to his final decision about his son and the decision about his "girlfriend" whom you come to really not like.
The relationship he has with his father seems to me to be the most real, but that really cannot save this book for me.
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Summary: Moving
Review: Don't be surprised if tears well up in your eyes as you read. A touching novel about a man's struggle to become a real father for his son. Salvaging a broken family, finding love again and learning to let go.
Recommended for: Young Adults, Adults
Not Recommended for: Teenagers (ie 13, 14, 15)
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Summary: Words and beyond...
Review: Finished the book last night and found myself in tears just after reading page 320. It was a certain paragraph in the book and I didnt see it coming. I thoroughly enjoyed everything about this book. I think Tony Parsons may not be one of the best writers I've ever read but he certainly is affective in his own way. He makes me want to beleive in humanity. I absolutely loved his ridicolous honestly.
Words werent mixed and everything seemed right in place. Its a book which you cant read again though. My favourite character was the father and the son. (narrator's...)
There were atleast 7 occasions when I had to keep the book aside and laugh out loud. Parsons is possesed with an amazing theater of humor. There are quite a few topics covered in the book. Its not about a certain thing and dont be fooled by the title and what it would sound like to you. I loved the printing dearly.
Dont feel like giving this back to the library. Dont think about it,you cant go wrong with this book.
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Summary: KRAMER VERSUS KRAMER
Review: MAN AND BOY is the kind of book you buy just before boarding the plane. (The very reason why I bought the novel). Having no expectation of a literary gem, and expecting many quick laughs and few sentimental moments. Tony Parson's fiction, however, is a credible best-seller. An exception. A funny, brilliant comedy-drama.
This is "Kramer versus Kramer" for the new age. Harry's (a Shakesperian modern-man who gave up everything- a caring wife, a lovely family- for a one-night stand) relationship with son Pat is the novel's highlight, and the different stages he experienced during his separation with wife Gina.
Touching, insightful and moving. You'll cry towards the end.
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