The Swap by George Layton

The Swap by George Layton

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Brilliant, funny and disturbing stories of growing up in the Fifties, by the author of the acclaimed bestseller The Fib.

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The Swap by George Layton

The coach started to move off. I felt frightened. All these weeks, looking forward to it, and now I did'nt want to go. Please, Mum, let me go home. She was running alongside, waving her hanky and crying... He'd nagged his mother for weeks to let him go on the school exchange, swapping his home in the backstreets of a northern town for a posh house in London. With a proper family. With a dad. But now it was all going wrong...
'Evocative stories, tough, funny and tender' The Guardian 'The stories are excellent, well up to the standard set in Layton's first book, THE FIB.' Gerald Haigh, TES
George Layton has combined a successful acting career with a successful writing career. In July 2000 George received an Honorary Doctorate of Letters from the University of Bradford in recognition of his work as an actor and writer. He is perhaps best known for being the narrator of Pigeon Street
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ISBN 13 9780330397940
ISBN 10 033039794X
Title The Swap
Author George Layton
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Pan Macmillan
Year published 2001-08-03
Number of pages 160
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