Mister Mister

Growing up is never easy but for twelve-year-old Tracey Townsend it's about to get a whole lot harder as he is forced to choose between psychotic Mister's rugby team and loyalty to Tommo, his deeply troubled friend. Hull. 1981. Tracey's dad, Mally, has been run over by a bus so he needs a replacement. Should he choose Jonny Bessit his mum's new drumming boyfriend, the obsessive Mister and his weird rugby team or Pepe, the ageing revolutionary cyclist? To make matters worse everyone hates his new best mate; winning the school cup seems an impossible dream and the girls in his class think he's in love with former TV cop David Soul. And then there's the secret in the biscuit tin which is about to turn his twelve-year-old world upside down… Mister Mister is Mike Nelson's debut novel and wonderfully depicts the trails, tribulations and humour of growing up in the early 1980s in the North of England.