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Plot summary

''Boxy an Star'' tells the story of the relationship between two young lovers, 'Bole' (Thomas Boler) and 'Star' (Stacey Brain), Bole being the narrator of the story. The 'Boxy' in the title is the couple's friend and drug dealer. After a party at Boxy's flat, at which Bole and Star consume a large number of Boxy's spangles and Es and confuse a duvet with a bag of drugs, they go to visit Star's friend Prim and have afternoon tea. Invited to stay the night, the pair later awake and, forgetting where they are, become frightened and decide to escape, encountering Prim's boyfriend Gary on the way who they think is a 'Mephisto Conjurer' due to his 'smoking stick'.

Characters

*Thomas "Bole" Boler — the main character and the novel's narrator. *Stacy "Star" Brain — Tom's girlfriend.

Minor characters

*Prim - a posh bohemian alcoholic. Referred to only as Prim in ''Boxy an Star'' but by the full name Primula Spatula in the prequel ''Tom Boler''.

Film

The book was optioned to be directed by the English photographer Rankin. 1999 British novels Books written in fictional dialects English language in London Future dialects Abacus books