The Tearaway by Dean Williams
Dean Williams was born into the tough Scartho area of Grimsby in 1972. His father was a violent, hard-drinking trawlerman who spent most of the year at sea and his shore time drinking and fighting. Obsessed with making young Dean 'man up', Bob beat him and locked him in a cupboard under the stairs for days on end. Dean's mother, Andrea, did her best, but was also terrorised by Bob Williams. From the age of seven Dean was known locally as 'the spike thrower', for accidentally impaling the head of a young tormentor with part of a bicycle. The aftermath was a wayward teenage life, expulsion from school and notoriety through football hooliganism. But there were also times when Dean's childhood captured echoes of a simpler way of life, playing out until dusk, catching newts and nicking gobstoppers. This astonishing memoir, although touched by darkness and violence, is infused with the sharpest humour. It has the atmosphere of a David Peace novel colliding with a Shane Meadows film. Like a cutting-edge, nouveau Dead Man's Shoes, or a Somebody Up There Likes Mefor the 21stCentury, it is an uncompromising account of a life lived on the margins and the power of the creative spirit.
Dean Williams is a 39-year-old actor. He has appeared in The Bill and has the lead role in forthcoming feature film Talking to God, playing a schizophrenic bouncer. He is building his reputation in the style of Ray Winstone, Danny Dyer and a cast of edgier actors with masculine appeal.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781849837743 |
| ISBN 10 | 1849837740 |
| Title | The Tearaway |
| Author | Dean Williams |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Simon & Schuster Ltd |
| Year published | 2012-06-21 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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