Toy Fights: A Boyhood - 'A classic of its kind' William Boyd

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Here’s a very good book you would probably […] I was going to say ‘enjoy’ but that’s only half the right word - It is enjoyable - funny in places, just beautifully written in others. But it does start with poverty and intergenerational shame and does also end (nearly) with a vividly described schizophrenic episode. It is the most enjoyable literary encounter I have had with either of those things. It began as a circling, self-feeding fear, a fear of fear, a fear of fear of fear, that accelerated like the flywheel in a gyroscope, tightened on me as its epicentre, then made a kind of whirring lift-off: the sudden disappearance of the mouth and tongue, a terrible lightness underfoot, a weird bounce in the heels, and a tight band vicing one’s forehead. And then a view of yourself from above and from one side, and a feeling that you were choking and about to die; and then the mortified calm horror of complete perfect depersonalisation.” Banged Up review: This prison 'experiment' is just a shabby excuse to torment celebs, writes CHRISTOPHER STEVENS Paterson is very willing to give the school its due: ‘One should make it clear that . . . amidst all the carnage, a Scottish education was doggedly pursued and indeed regularly delivered. For cost savings, you can change your plan at any time online in the “Settings & Account” section. If you’d like to retain your premium access and save 20%, you can opt to pay annually at the end of the trial.

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