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    The Real Diary of a Real Boy
    The Real Diary of a Real Boy
    The Real Diary of a Real Boy
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    The Real Diary of a Real Boy

    By Henry A. (Henry Augustus) Shute

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateJan 1, 1967
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    • 1/5
      Just awful. I couldn't finish it. Maybe it gets better, but life is too short to read bad books.
    • 4/5
      This was a really funny book, and it sounded so authentically boyish that I never doubted a word of Shute's. No matter that it was set years and years ago, the essential boy remains the same, obsessed with the same sort of behaviours, doing the same damn-fool things. Recommended for people who like boys and their foibles.

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