Boy wonders : a memoir
In this intimate and humorous memoir about how childhood passions shape our adult selves, Cathal Kelly probes his youthful obsessions--from Star Wars to the Blue Jays, The Lord of the Rings to The Smiths. Vividly recalling a time when wearing a zippered, chainmail-laden Michael Jackson jacket seemed like a good idea, and The Beachcombers--"an adventure show about logging
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| Subject |
| Kelly, Cathal > Childhood and youth. Sportswriters > Canada > Biography. Popular culture. |
| Genre |
| Autobiographies. |
- ISBN: 9780385687485
- Physical Description 260 pages ; 22 cm
- Publisher [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2018.
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