When Tony Parsons was 29 years old, he was awarded custody of his
four-year-old son. And nothing was ever the same again...
Tony Parsons was born in a blue-collar family in the East End of London. At
20, he was working in a factory that made gin. Then he became a music
journalist, covering the new wave and punk rock explosion. Parsons married
another music journalist and received custody of their son Robert when they
divorced.
Tony Parsons is the son of a former Marine who was awarded the Distinguished
Service Medal in World War II, the second highest award for valor in the British
armed forces. These two relationships—with the son he raised alone, and with
the late father he worshipped—form the spine and the heart of Man and Boy.
Tony Parsons is one of the most well-known writers in England. In the
seventies he was a music journalist for NME, the British equivalent of Rolling
Stone. His interviews with the likes of The Clash, Sex Pistols, Blondie,
Talking Heads and Ramones made him a cult figure among the youth of England.
Parsons won awards for his journalism in the eighties for his work as a roving
reporter for magazines such as GQ and Elle. In the nineties he
became one of the most famous faces on British television, spending six years as
one of the regular guests on BBC’s Late Review, a program that was a
cross between Politically Incorrect and the Algonquin round table.
In 1999 he published a novel, Man and Boy, that has taken the British
bestseller lists by storm. In 2001 Man and Boy was published in America.
This biography was last updated on 04/20/2001.
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