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Raymond Marks, a nineteen year-old closet intellectual and social misfit, has been forced to leave home to take up a job as a labourer. His story is written in a series of letters to his hero, Morrissey in the book he uses to write down his lyrics and poems. Just with these few details we begin to get an idea of who Raymond is.