Marabou Stork Nightmares

The making of a Scottish hooligan. He is Roy Strang, whose mother was a prostitute, the father a ruffian, and there was a pedophile uncle who played with him. He gets into wrong company, stabs a schoolmate, gang rapes a girl and becomes famous. One day he gets his just deserts. The tale is told in flashbacks as he lies in hospital in a coma. By the author of The Acid House.

Year

1997

Language

English

Publisher

W. W. Norton & Company

Editions

12

Reader rating

4.4 / 5 (8)

Pages

264

ISBN

9780393315639

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