Breadboy
Teenage Kicks and Tatey Bread - What Paperboy Did Next
2nd Edition
Published on 20. June 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
268 pages
978-1-9161880-5-1 (ISBN)
Description
It s Belfast, 1977. The King is dead and a 14-year-old boy wearing Denim aftershave has just been appointed breadboy in the last Ormo Mini-Shop in the world, delivering bread to the residents of the Upper Shankill on Saturday mornings. He s all grown up now, so he is, and nearly shaving.
The Bee Gees fill the airwaves, everyone is in love with Princess Leia, and Breadboy s love of peace and pets is soon rivalled by his interest in parallel universes and punk . . . and girls, especially Judy Carlton who sits opposite him in chemistry. Sooner or later, Breadboy is sure they ll become a proper couple like Paul and Linda, and Judy will be his girl.
There are rivals at school and dangers on the streets, but Breadboy is hopeful, so he is. He is a good Breadboy. He delivers.
As does Tony Macaulay, in this delightful sequel to the critically acclaimed Paperboy.
'The adventures of a Belfast Breadboy prove to be an uplifting tale Breadboy delivers a tale of courage, optimism, and simple niceness Breadboy is an affectionately-drawn memoir, in many ways a cultural survey of the era, part personal narrative, part historical record. The narrative style is easy and sharp, with a colourful, humorous edge that keeps things lively and engaging. Behind Tony's straight-laced exterior, there beats the heart of a hilarious and gifted writer who's published a couple of darkly comical books about growing up in Belfast. The latest really is a laugh a minute.' --Ivan Little, Belfast Telegraph
More details
Edition
2nd ed.
Language
English
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
440 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-9161880-5-1 (9781916188051)
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Person
Dr Tony Macaulay is an author, peacebuilder and broadcaster. His memoirs of growing up in Belfast during the Troubles, Paperboy, Breadboy and All Growed Up have been adapted into hit musicals at the Lyric Theatre in Belfast. His autobiography Little House on the Peace Line tells the story of how he lived and worked on the Belfast peaceline in the 1980s. His debut novel Belfast Gate was Book of the Week in the Irish News. His novel Kill the Devil: A Love Story from Rwanda, was co-authored with Rwandan screenwriter, Juvens Nsabimana. He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by Ulster University for services to literature and peacebuilding at home and abroad.