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Imagine BILLY LIAR rescripted on the premise of race instead of class, and you come close to the mixture of gritty realism and escapist fantasy that charges this debut with hypnotic energy... Excels at capturing the texture of its times... A CATCHER IN THE RYE set in the semi-detached streets of Ashton-under-Lyne 'A magical depiction of childhood' Manchester Evening News Graham Caveney, Sunday Express