Tony Parsons first wrote about Harry Silver in Man and Boy, way back in 1999. Harry Silver started out ordinarily, with a brilliant career in TV and a gorgeous wife, Gina, and a beautiful son. Sad to say, his one idiotic move of having a one night stand with a stranger caused his wife to get up and leave him, for good. To top that, he loses his job and plunges himself into thinking that he is a failure, especially when he compares himself to his dad, a war hero.
And so, there begins a tale (some say, somewhat autobiographical) of a man who has to endure every possible heartache and mischief of bringing up his son as a single parent. It is a story where Harry Silver would have to eventually let his vulnerable self be open to the possibility of a new love, to understand what being part of a ‘family’ means, and to gain the self respect he thought he’d lost. It is likely that he discovers all that for the better, otherwise we wouldn’t have seen the daylights of the second and third book of this trilogy.
In Man and Wife, Harry Silver is toiling between two gravities in his love and marriage life. There is the portion of being divorced and getting married. And there is the part of dealing with both his new wife - Cyd, and his ex-wife. And with his broken family and a new-found one. Taking care of his son, and step-daughter. Of his dad’s passing and his mum’s enduring care for him. Everything, just seems somewhat “too much” and just so complicated, yet real.
And now, a decade has passed. And a fairytale has ended for just a bit.
Harry Silver, hitting 40, is losing his job again. His teenage son is moving out to live with his birth-mum. His wife, Cyd is growing insecure with the sights of Gina in town. Things seem to be falling apart all over again. What else is new? Well, we didn’t see this one coming – two old soldiers who faught alongside Harry’s dad long ago turns up and help turn around Harry’s life… and help him see what being ‘a man’ is, after all. How?
Three winners will get to know how… (for free) because we have three copies of Men From Boys by Tony Parsons (ISBN: 9780007327751, valued at RM 59.90) to give away.
Question: Name us 4 other titles by Tony Parsons.
Winners will be determined through our own mini lucky draw.
You may only enter this contest once. Multiple entries will be disqualified. Do type your answers at the comment column below.
Only those who live in West Malaysia only are eligible to participate and win the prizes.
Contest ends, this Saturday, 31st July 2010.
P.S. ** Please press ‘submit comment’ once only. Answers will not appear immediately.
In fact, I will only release all entries’ answers on the post on 1st August 2010. Then, the results will be announced next week.
Tune in to a ‘live’ skype interview with Tony Parsons this Saturday, 31st July 2010 at 8.00 pm. Details at www.mphclick.com
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1.Starting Over: How Many Chances Do You Have to Get it Right?
2.Man and Wife
3.My Favourite Wife
4.Man and Boy
1. Limelight Blues
2. Stoeies We Could Tell
3. My Favourite Wife
4. Starting Over
5. Platinum Logic
1. Starting Over
2. The Open Secret
3. Platinum Logic
4. One for My Baby
1. Starting Over
2. One for My Baby
3. The Family Way
4. My Favourite Wife
The Family Way (2004)
Stories We Could Tell (2006)
My Favourite Wife (2007)
Starting Over (2009)
1. My Favourite Wife
2. Starting Over : How Many Chances Do You Have to Get It Right?
3. Stories We Could Tell
4. Fear of Fake Breasts
Man and Boy
Man and Wife
The Family Way
My Favourite Wife
1. Man and Boy
2. Man and Wife
3. The Family Way
4. My Favourite Wife
1. My Favourite Wife
2. One for My Baby
3. THE FAMILY WAY
4. Fear of Fake Breasts
1. Fear of Fake Breasts
2. THE FAMILY WAY
3. Stories We Could Tell
4. One for My Baby
1.Starting Over: How Many Chances Do You Have to Get it Right?
2.Man and Wife
3.My Favourite Wife
4.Man and Boy
1.Starting Over: How Many Chances Do You Have to Get it Right?
2.Man and Wife
3.My Favourite Wife
4.Man and Boy
My Favourite Wife (2007)
Starting Over (2009)
Fear of Fake Breasts (2010)
Tony Parsons on Life, Death and Breakfast (2010)
The Boy Looked at Johnny: The Obituary of Rock and Roll (1978) (with Julie Burchill)
Big Mouth Strikes Again (2004)
Fear of Fake Breasts (2010)
Tony Parsons on Life, Death and Breakfast (2010)
One for My Baby (2001)
The Family Way (2004)
Stories We Could Tell (2005)
My Favourite Wife (2007)
Stories We Could Tell (2005)
My Favourite Wife (2007)
Starting Over (2009)
Big Mouth Strikes Again (2004)
My Favourite Wife (2007)
Starting Over (2009)
Fear of Fake Breasts (2010)
Tony Parsons on Life, Death and Breakfast (2010)
Starting Over (2009)
Fear of Fake Breasts (2010)
Tony Parsons on Life, Death and Breakfast (2010)
One for My Baby (2001)
1.Starting Over: How Many Chances Do You Have to Get it Right?
2.Man and Wife
3.My Favourite Wife
4.Man and Boy
1. One for My Baby (2001)
2. The Family Way (2004)
3. Stories We Could Tell (2005)
4. My Favourite Wife (2007)
1. Big Mouth Strikes Again (2004)
2. Starting Over (2009)
3. One for My Baby (2001)
4. The Family Way (2004)
1. The Family Way (2004)
2. Stories We Could Tell (2005)
3. Starting Over (2009)
4. My Favourite Wife (2007)