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Issue Details: First known date: 2020... 2020 The Funny Thing about Norman Foreman
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'What do you get when you cross a painfully awkward boy, some lofty comedic ambition and a dead best friend? Answer- Norman Foreman.

'Norman and Jax are a legendary comedy duo in the making, with a five-year plan to perform at the Edinburgh Fringe by the time they're fifteen. But then Jax dies before they even turn twelve.

'Norman's mum Sadie knows she won't win Mother of the Year anytime soon, and she really doesn't know, or care, who Norman's father is. But her heart is broken when she discovers her grieving son's revised plan- 'Find Dad' and 'Get to the Edinburgh Fringe'.

'If meeting his dad and performing at the Festival are the two things that will help Norman through this devastating time, then Sadie is going to make them happen.

'So mother and son set off from Cornwall, with their friend Leonard in his vintage Austin Maxi, on a pilgrimage to Edinburgh - to honour Jax and to track down a few maybe-fathers on the way . . .' (Publication summary)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Bantam Australia , 2020 .
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      Extent: 368p.
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      • Publication date 02 July 2020
      ISBN: 9781760897567
    • Toronto, Ontario,
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      Canada,
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      Mira Books ,
      2021 .
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      Extent: 400p.p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 13 April 2021.
      ISBN: 9780778331957, 0778331954
    • Toronto, Ontario,
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      Canada,
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      Mira Books ,
      2022 .
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      Extent: 416p.p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 29 March 2022.
      ISBN: 9780778311867, 0778311864
Alternative title: Norman Foremans Weg zum Ruhm
Language: German
    • Munich,
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      Germany,
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      Western Europe, Europe,
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      Droemer Knaur ,
      2021 .
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      Extent: 352p.p.
      ISBN: 9783426282465 (hbk)

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