| Man and Boy | |
| Border: | yes |
| Author: | Tony Parsons |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Language: | English |
| Genre: | Romance novel |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins |
| Release Date: | 1999 |
| Media Type: | Print (Hardback) |
| Pages: | 356 pp |
| Isbn: | 9955-08-645-9 |
| Followed By: | Man and Wife |
Man and Boy is a 1999 novel by Tony Parsons.[1] It was awarded the 2001 British Book of the Year award.
Harry Silver is a successful television producer about to turn 30. He is happily married, has a four-year-old son and drives a convertible sports car. Then he spends the night with a colleague from work and his life falls apart; his wife leaves him and emigrates to Japan, he loses his job and he has to cope with being a single parent. He also has to deal with the trauma of his father dying from cancer. While coping with these stresses in his life, he meets another woman at a coffee shop, a woman whom he has already met with her child, then they part. Harry finds a new job and eventually moves on with his life.
See main article: article and Man and Boy (2002 film). A BBC One adaptation of the book was aired in 2002 starring Ioan Gruffudd and Elizabeth Mitchell.
In 2003 a sequel was released, Man and Wife, followed in 2010 by Men From the Boys to complete the trilogy.