Boxy an Star is the first novel by English author Daren King.
It was shortlisted for the 1999 Guardian First Book Award and longlisted for the Booker Prize.
After a party at Boxy's flat, at which Bole and Star consume a large number of Boxy's spangles and Es and confuse a duvet with a bag of drugs, they go to visit Star's friend Prim and have afternoon tea.
Invited to stay the night, the pair later awake and, forgetting where they are, become frightened and decide to escape, encountering Prim's boyfriend Gary on the way who they think is a 'Mephisto Conjurer' due to his 'smoking stick'.
The book was optioned to be directed by the English photographer Rankin.