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Henry Tumour (Definitions) (Paperback)

by Anthony McGowan (Author)
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  • Paperback: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Definitions (5 April 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 009948823X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0099488231
  • Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 12.8 x 2.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 155,741 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Amanda Craig, The Times
For style and wit it is head and shoulders above most teen fiction
published this year. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Phil Hogan, The Observer
A book . . . to get teenage boys reading for the hell of it . . .
a dark and funny book. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Shortlisted for Award - and rightly so, 16 April 2007
This book has been shortlisted for the Lancashire Children's Book of the Year Award, which is how I heard of it. I saw it on a flyer while browsing in my local library. I was intrigued by the title. It is about a boy who finds out he has a brain tumour. That sounds pretty heavy for teen fiction but the book makes you laugh out loud as it deftly handles philosophical themes such as: why are we here? why do we die? etc. It is probably suitable for readers over 12. My son also liked it very much. He read it in two days. Highly recommended.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Please give your review a title., 31 Mar 2008
Highly recommended. If you've ever seen the film "How To Get Ahead In Advertising" and thought it was a good premise badly handled, then read this. If you've ever read any patronising 'teen fiction' and felt patronised by a patronising author, and need an antidote, read Henry Tumour.

Best ending to a novel since Ulysses
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Great fun, 8 Mar 2008
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Hector's a a geeky schoolboy with a nice-but-vague valium-addicted hippy mother with a social conscience she's trying to pass on to her son. The brain tumour is a character in his own right who comments on Hector's story. Henry Tumour has a highly defined sense of fashion, nerves of steel and low animal cunning who advises Hector on how to beat the bullying Tierney and his cronies and encourages him to pursue the school goddess, Uma Upshaw, rather than Amanda Something who has a wine-stain birthmark on her face but who Hector feels more drawn to.

There's a great deal of humour in the book, although the knob jokes and sex gags won't be for everyone. Parents should note that the f-word appears several times during the story, which may not make this appropriate for younger readers. The book also shows the cruelty of the school playground or school bullies and I did shudder at one scene towards the end involving a used condom. My biggest nitpick is that the final confrontation between Hector and Tierney didn't quite convince me, not least because it relies on Tierney not knowing something that I really felt he would know.

McGowan shows how brain tumours can affect personality and behaviour in a way that shows how serious they are whilst keeping it interesting and humourous. You finish the book almost feeling sad about what's going to happen to Henry and worried about what will happen to Hector but you never pity Hector for his plight. Some people may read this and think it doesn't take cancer seriously, but the point of the book is to show that being a teenager with brain cancer doesn't have to mean the end of your life and in Hector's case, it actually helps him to take control of his life and stop worrying about what his schoolmates think.

McGowan incorporates graphic novel artwork and script-layout to help tell the story and whilst this could have been distracting, it kept me completely hooked.
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