Dimensions
111 x 178 x 6mm
'Some people like thunder and some like the rain. And not everybody likes the thunder and not everybody likes the rain. Going off to seek my fame and fortune was maybe like tasting thunder, even though I'm a person who likes rain best.'
The boy was nearly sixteen when he ran away from home to find out about love and death and what it's like to be a man.
Beaten half to death by his farmer boss, he is taken in by the fairground people who teach him their work and their values. But then comes a final, terrible lesson - one that will change his life - for ever . . .