To Be Looked For: Timothy IrelandStanding there in the cold street, under the deep blue night sky and the thousand thousand glittering stars, Paul suddenly felt lonely. All he wanted was a friend. Not someone who would talk to him because he was there, but someone who would look for him and seek him out because he meant something A novel of coming of age in the early 1980s; first girlfriends; mates; going to the pub; dealing with crises and just looking for a friend.