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Men From The Boys (Harry Silver #3)
by
Tony Parsons
The final episode in the trilogy that began with the million-copy bestseller MAN AND BOY
Ten years on from MAN AND BOY, it is crunch time for Harry…
Life is good for Harry Silver. He has a beautiful wife, three wonderful children and a great job as producer of the cult radio show, A Clip Round the Ear. But Harry is about to turn forty and his ex-wife is back in town. Soon it...more
Ten years on from MAN AND BOY, it is crunch time for Harry…
Life is good for Harry Silver. He has a beautiful wife, three wonderful children and a great job as producer of the cult radio show, A Clip Round the Ear. But Harry is about to turn forty and his ex-wife is back in town. Soon it...more
Hardcover, 288 pages
Published
May 27th 2010
by HarperCollins
(first published 2010)
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This is a novel of old men with steel in their spines, ice at their core, disdain for the soft purgatory of modern life in twenty-first century UK, but tenderness remaining deep down in their souls for those who can touch their hearts. It is a novel of what love has become in this new millennium – a very confusing place to be at the best of times, let alone the worst of times. It is a novel of the ‘Karate Kid’ cliché, and of failing to be alive at a time of the great moments in history where men...more
Having really enjoyed Man and Boy and Man and Wife, I expected a lot from this third part to the Harry Silver trilogy. And as a page-turner, it delivered; I read it in about three sittings.
Yet, at the same time, I can't help feeling slightly disappointed. The old fire seems to have gone out; maybe it was Harry's fecklessness that made him more interesting, but the calmer, 40-year-old Harry of this final episode seems a different animal. There's enough of the old Pat to keep you interested in his...more
Yet, at the same time, I can't help feeling slightly disappointed. The old fire seems to have gone out; maybe it was Harry's fecklessness that made him more interesting, but the calmer, 40-year-old Harry of this final episode seems a different animal. There's enough of the old Pat to keep you interested in his...more
This novel is the first Tony Parson's that I read. It's actually the third installment of the trilogy, the previous two are Man and Boy, and Man and Wife.
As I hadn't yet read the other two, so my review is based solely on the one book that I'd read.
The story is about Harry Silver who was a single parent who had remarried and live with three children. The plots of the story mainly involves Harry's relationship with his ex-wife concerning their matters and their son, Harry's relationship with his...more
As I hadn't yet read the other two, so my review is based solely on the one book that I'd read.
The story is about Harry Silver who was a single parent who had remarried and live with three children. The plots of the story mainly involves Harry's relationship with his ex-wife concerning their matters and their son, Harry's relationship with his...more
In this book, the final of the trilogy, Harry Silver forms un unlikely frienship with 2 retired commandos who had served with his late father. Thru his association with them he wraggles with issues he had with his father. Reflective of the times we live in, households no longer consist of parents and kids, with visits to grandparents, aunts and uncles. Harry copes with his wife, wife's ex, step-daugther,his teenage son,Pat, and his daughter fom this marriage. The order is his life is thrown assu...more
Men from the Boys by Tony Parsons is not his best. The angry young man who I first met in the pages of the NME as the punk era exploded has certainly turned into a heck of a writer. He has produced some of the most sensitively crafted books of the age. But the first two in this trilogy were better. Here he is, I guess, writing about a more complex time in life. And the book doesn't flow in the same way as the others. The central theme - involving friends of his father - didn't work for me. But i...more
this is the third in a trilogy although I never felt that I had missed out on previous events. On the front cover, the Guardian is quoted as saying it's the best book he's written by far, so maybe I got the best to read first. The book chronicles the mess of modern family life which is too often following divorce, abandonment, parental distance and strong feelings of bitterness and loss that don't die even after years. It is quite depressing actually and the protagonist is sympathetic but still...more
Like many a Tony Parsons book, there is an easy likeability and light but insightful characterizations. This is the third book in the trilogy that started with Man and Boy.
By now, Harry Silver is doing well with the radio show. But his ex-wife is back in town and his eldest son Pat can't resist wanting to know more about her, and eventually, leaves to live with her.
At the same time, Harry meets up with two old turnips who fought with his father in the war. Across these three generations of men,...more
By now, Harry Silver is doing well with the radio show. But his ex-wife is back in town and his eldest son Pat can't resist wanting to know more about her, and eventually, leaves to live with her.
At the same time, Harry meets up with two old turnips who fought with his father in the war. Across these three generations of men,...more
I'm almost certain that I read the first two books in this trilogy. What does it say that I had NO recollection of the characters, and didn't even realize it was part of a series until I saw a review? I thought I really liked Tony Parsons' books, but it turns out that I find them very unmemorable! This one was ok, about the differences between generations. It did state quite a few profound truisms, but on the whole I didn't love the story, and didn't find the ending particularly satisfying.
Aug 27, 2011
Nadine Larter
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I am very much a fan of Tony Parsons and the way he writes. It is no secret that I count One for My Baby as one of my absolute favourite books. Men from the Boys is the third and final installment in the Harry Silver series. Harry Silver is a single dad and the trilogy is basically dedicated to the journey he faces as he raises his son. The first two books meant a lot to me personally. The first especially helped me to consider what my own ex was going through when faced with the inevitability o...more
So, 10 years+ on from Man and Boy.....and whilst I have read other Tony Parsons books in the meantime, this reminds me of why I enjoyed him first time around. Modern, witty, but above all else he gets inside men and how they tick, not afraid to explore the emotional side. Similar to Nick Hornby but more streetwise. It's a book that spans the whole generational spectrum, as well as dealing with the insecurities and complexities of modern family life.....and this book goes down as the first one I...more
Neither a bad book nor a particularly good one: You know what you're getting with Tony Parsons, and this book is typical. It was a quick, easy, unchallenging read, which made for a relaxing bedtime book. On the downside, it was somewhat formulaic, the characters were mostly irritating, and I felt that it could have been shortened by 100 pages without losing anything. Overall, I enjoyed reading it, but whether I'd remember much about it if quizzed in the future is another matter.
It's not often I fail to stick with a book until the bitter end but I'm afraid that this is so disappointing I have done just that. Predicatble, over emotional and lacking any of the wit and style of his previous work. I feel let down. My copy is on ebay now if anyone fancies it!
I have read most, if not all, of Tony Parsons novels. I have really enjoyed each one. His principal character is flawed but very real. The problems he encounters and often creates are real as well. This novel, as well as his others simply resonate with me.
Man and Boy (the first in this trilogy) is one of my favourite books - definitely my favourite by the author. I found this one quite difficult to get into compared to the first in the trilogy - but it did pick up by the middle and I did quite enjoy it.
получше второй книги. логичней, но опять не без натянутости сюжета. осталось только в следующей части закольцевать историю и показать героя уже 60-летним, чтобы полностью сравнить с отцом.
I liked this one. I know Tony Parsons can be a bit formulaic, but it's good to read stuff written from a mans point of view. And he writes well. I care about his characters and want to know about them.
Read this by a swimming pool in Hua Hin Thailand. Easy, non-challenging. provoked memories of living in London.
I liked this book in parts, but I do find that Tony Parsons uses a sledgehammer to crack a nut.
Average holiday read. Also insightful to some extent.
A "novel" about average life humdrumness.
I LOVE TONY PARSON'S BOOKS! =)
Best one snce Man and Boy.
disappointing.
A few nice ideas, but it's all a bit too colour-by-numbers for me.
Really enjoyed this and going to read the two other books in the trilogy, even though I now know how it ends, having read the third book first. Doh!
A holiday read but a good one none the less.
Last part of a trilogy (read the others some time ago). An interesting story generally well told though can't say it bowled me over. Bit clichéd here and there though thankfully the sensitive teenage boy learning to box and defeating the school bully was nicely avoided. Is that it or are there further parts to come? It might be interesting to catch up with Harry Silver when he becomes a granddad.
I won the book from a competition. I haven't read the books earlier form this series, nor the latter ones nor am I going to. The story was good, and the narration fresh. I enjoyed how the writer wrote everything he felt, in simple words. I enjoyed the story of 3 different generations, of the army, of broken families, and of today's youth. I enjoyed the words at the end.
suomeksi (Pojista miehiä)
Ok sort of book but surely the last of the "man " seires as it is starting to look tired
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Tony Parsons (born 6 November 1953) is a British journalist broadcaster and author. He began his career as a music journalist on the NME, writing about punk music. Later, he wrote for The Daily Telegraph, before going on to write his current column for the Daily Mirror. Parsons was for a time a regular guest on the BBC Two arts review programme The Late Show, and still appears infrequently on the...more
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“And it felt like every time I turned around, somebody was either dying or walking out.”
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“Riddle me this - she is my daughter but I am not her father: who am I?
I am a step parent. Ah, but I don't really believe in the term step-parent. I don't think the role exists. Not really. For either in the end you are either a child's parent or you are not. And blood does not have a lot do to with it.”
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I am a step parent. Ah, but I don't really believe in the term step-parent. I don't think the role exists. Not really. For either in the end you are either a child's parent or you are not. And blood does not have a lot do to with it.”
Aug 24, 2011 01:03pm