Harold a novel

"From the outside, Harold is an average seven-year-old third grader growing up in the 1960s. Bored by school. Crushing on a girl. Likes movies and baseball--especially the hometown Boston Red Sox. Enjoys spending time with his grandfather. But inside Harold's mind, things are a lot more complex and...

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Main Author: Wright, Steven, 1955- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2023.
Edition:First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
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Summary:"From the outside, Harold is an average seven-year-old third grader growing up in the 1960s. Bored by school. Crushing on a girl. Likes movies and baseball--especially the hometown Boston Red Sox. Enjoys spending time with his grandfather. But inside Harold's mind, things are a lot more complex and unusual. His thoughts come to him as birds flying through a small rectangle in the middle of his brain. Harold documents the meandering, surreal, often hilarious, and always thought-provoking stream-of-consciousness ruminations of the title character during a single day in class"--
Physical Description:243 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN:9781668022696
1668022699
Author Notes:Steven Wright has performed stand-up comedy for more than four decades. He was nominated for two Grammy Awards for his albums I Have a Pony and I Still Have a Pony , starred in three critically acclaimed hour-long stand-up specials, and was nominated for two Emmy Awards. He also won the 1989 Academy Award for Live-Action Short for his film, The Appointment of Dennis Jennings , and he wrote and directed the short film, One Soldier . His many film and TV appearances include Saturday Night Live , The Tonight Show , Late Show with David Letterman , The Larry Sanders Show , Mad About You , Horace and Pete , Reservoir Dogs , Natural Born Killers , Coffee and Cigarettes , Half Baked and Desperately Seeking Susan . He lives in New England.