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Box of Tricks
While Eddie's parents are away in Scotland he stays and helps out at his auntie Vi's boarding house in New Brighton. Here he pals up with his cousin Ray, a charming and feckless teddy boy whose romantic antics and recourse to his mother's purse are an education to Eddie-but it's not all fun and games, and soon Ray is in trouble with the police. Eddie's sentimental education develops through his attraction to the troubled beauty Julia, who twists him round her little finger. As both become embroiled with the sinister joke shop, The Box of Tricks-and its under-the-counter packages-Eddie learns more about the needs of others than he bargained for.
320 pages, Paperback
First published July 1, 2009
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March 23, 2017
I loved the characters in this book - so beautifully drawn and individual. The atmosphere of the sea-side and the affection for its seedy excitement was excellently realised. Detail, texture and a sense of time make this a really good read for those who have memories of sea-side towns and those wanting to experience the lost world of fairs, pranks and actors that made it so enticing.
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