Out of it by Simon Hattenstone
At the age of nine Simon Hattenstone was one of the brightest boys in his class. Then he woke up one day with a headache. By the age of ten he d lost half his body weight, started to talk in baby language, and looked retarded. Despite the symptoms of a very serious illness, the medical profession labelled him a malingerer. Wracked by pain and bewildered by the callousness of the adult world, health workers and doctors, he retreated into the darkness of his own head - a darkness illuminated only by his obsession with Glam rock, the deluded conviction that he was a great poet and the unconditional love of three middle-aged women. When he finally resurfaced three years later, it was into an alien environment every bit as terrifying as the one he just managed to escape from. In Out Of It Simon Hattenstone tells the extraordinary story of those years.
Littered with sharp observations made all the more poignant when seen through eyes of one who has all but been dumped on the crazy heap by the adult world.. As frustrating and horrifying as it is funny and imaginative - The TimesThe genius of this account is that it serves as a microcosmic account of Seventies boyhood... It could not be better written... Fluent, witty and unobstrusive... - The Eveneing Standard
Simon Hattenstone is 34. He is the Assistant Arts Editor and Film Editor at The Guardian. He has recently been shortlisted for the Writer of the Year Award, to be announced at the UK Press Awards
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| ISBN 13 | 9780340718698 |
| ISBN 10 | 0340718692 |
| Title | Out of it |
| Author | Simon Hattenstone |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Year published | 1999-06-17 |
| Number of pages | 250 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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