Publisher's Synopsis
Donald Delpe is dying. But this 14-year-old virgin has an urgent desire ...to have sex, at least once, before he goes. Who will help him? Escaping into his own comic-book realm of immortal superheroes, ruthless villains and sex-crazed vamps, he endlessly dashes his parents' hopes by refusing to fight the battles facing him in the real world. Enter renowned psychologist, Dr Adrian King, the man charged with fixing Donald's head so the chemo has a better chance of fixing his body. But will the doctor break his own rules, betray the parents' trust, and risk everything to help Donald achieve his greatest wish? Or will Donald be the one to save the doctor?Inspired by actual events, Death of a Superhero is a brilliantly original fusion of novel, comic-book and film-script, a celebration of the transience of life, the eternal difficulty of love - at any age - and a hilarious riff on our 21st century infatuation with movies and the superhero solution.
