Differences From The Book
- Some of the book is cut including when Mars Bar has a conversation with Maniac
- In the book, it ends with Amanda retrieving Jeffery and telling him to be a permanent resident of the Beale family.
- In the book, Earl Grayson is a big part and character. In the movie, there is no part or appearance of Grayson.
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