The Wrong Boy, published in 2000,[1] is playwright Willy Russell’s first novel.[2]

First edition (publ. Doubleday)

Russell is mainly known for his plays Educating Rita and Shirley Valentine which have both been made into films, and Blood Brothers, a musical.

The Wrong Boy, like Educating Rita & Our Day Out, is about education; this time about a teenage boy who falls foul of the British educational system, and how he eventually ‘makes good’.[3]

References

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  1. ^ The Wrong Boy, Edition reprint, revised, Black Swan, 2001, ISBN 0-552996459
  2. ^ Willy Russell allmusic.com, accessed September 20, 2016
  3. ^ Hickling, Alfred. "Review. 'The Wrong Boy'" The Guardian, 20 October 2000