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Enchanted Boy
Enchanted Boy is the 1989 autobiographical novel by Richie McMullen, telling of his childhood, growing up in post-war working class Catholic Liverpool and aims to "contribute to the growing knowledge of child (sexual) abuse". It is a subjective account of the author’s life from age five to fifteen.
Plot summary.
Richie is routinely physically abused by his father, a drunk who works in the construction industry. Richie adores his elder brother James and leads a life a petty crime and childhood
Tobacco Shop: A True Account of What Befell a Little Boy in Search of Adventure", illus. Reginald Birch (Macmillan, Nov 1921)
- "Solario the Tailor: His Tales of the Magic Doublet", illus. J. Ormsbee (Macmillan, Sep 1922) – sequel to "The Enchanted Forest"
- "Merrimeg", illus. Emma Brock (Macmillan, 1923),
- "Philip and the Faun", illus. N. Choate (Little, Brown and Company, Sep 1926