Bully Boy (NHB Modern Plays)

Sandi Toksvig

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1848422962 ISBN 13: 9781848422964

Publisher: Nick Hern Books, 2012

Major Oscar Hadley is investigating allegations of gross misconduct within a self-styled 'Bully Boy' unit of the British army. When young squaddie, Eddie Clark, from Burnley is interrogated, Oscar begins to discover that 'truth' in a modern insurgency can be a point of view rather than a fact.

Tackling the challenging moral issues of contemporary military occupation and its effect on the mental health of serving soldiers, Bully Boy is a ferociously gripping story. Sandi Toksvig, nationally known and loved as a comedian, author and broadcaster, writes with startling insight and tenderness about the minds of soldiers.

In September 2012 Bully Boy opens the St. James Theatre, Central London's first new theatre in thirty years.

Review:

Fine, absorbing and remarkably accomplished... delves, with sensitivity, into an issue of burning relevance. --Telegraph

About the Author:

SANDI TOKSVIG is a Danish/British comedian, author and presenter on British radio and television. A regular panelist on QI, Mock the Week, Whose Line Is It Anyway?, I m Sorry I Haven't A Clue and Have I Got News For You, she currently presents The News Quiz on BBC Radio Four. She has written several books for children and adults and has made many stage and television appearances as an actress. Her other work as a writer for the stage includes the musical Big Night Out (Nottingham Playhouse and Watford Palace Theatre) and The Pocket Dream (Udderbelly, South Bank Centre). She is currently Executive producer for Playhouse Live for Sky Arts, producing specially commissioned live drama for television. She lives in London.