A comic coming-of-age novel. An exuberant caper as engaging funny and precocious as its narrator. Paperback
If you were a child of the 80s and dreamed of dancing in Fame then Marc Acito's brilliant novel is an absolute must read.It&rsquosWWWW 1983 Wallingford New Jersey a sleepy bedroom community outside Manhattan. Seventeen-year-old Edward Zanni is Peter Panning his way through a carefree summer of magic and mischief sending underwear up flagpoles and re-arranging lawn animals in compromising positions. The fun comes to a halt however when Edward&rsquos father remarries and refuses to pay for Edward to study acting at Julliard.So he turns to his loyal (but immoral) misfit friends to help him steal the tuition fees from his father all the while practicing for their high school performance of Grease.
 
 
