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About A Boy

By Nick Hornby

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| Hardcover | 9780575061590

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Nick Hornby's cult fiction debut, the New York Times Notable High Fidelity, was a national bestseller in the United States, and a #1 bestseller in England. Hornby was greeted with standing ovations from The New Yorker (Hornby has established himself as a maestro of the male confContinue

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Perfect feel-good novel!

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Caterina :) said on Jan 2, 2010 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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I absolutely love this book - it is very funny and the idea behind the story is a good one. Strange boy develops a friendship with uber-trendy selfish singleton, all the characters are likeable, even selfish Will. Very well written with lots of laugh out loud moments throughout. You must see the fil ... (continue)

I absolutely love this book - it is very funny and the idea behind the story is a good one. Strange boy develops a friendship with uber-trendy selfish singleton, all the characters are likeable, even selfish Will. Very well written with lots of laugh out loud moments throughout. You must see the film also, I never tire of it and definitely rate it in my top 5 favourite films.

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Lunarossa said on Jul 7, 2009 | 1 feedback

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(sorry for the fb above, was meant to be a comment. I'm new and a bit lost on how everyting works)
I had to read it for an exam and I already watched the film. It's amazing how they can be so different and yet both so beautiful. Great writing, great characters, I suggest to read it if you haven ... (continue)

(sorry for the fb above, was meant to be a comment. I'm new and a bit lost on how everyting works)
I had to read it for an exam and I already watched the film. It's amazing how they can be so different and yet both so beautiful. Great writing, great characters, I suggest to read it if you haven't yet.
L'ho dovuto leggere per un esame e avevo già visto il film. E' fantastico come possano essere così diversi e allo stesso tempo entrambi così belli. Bellissimo stile e fantastici personaggi, da leggere.

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Misaki85 said on Jun 19, 2007 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

沒有看過電影，所以對我來說是新鮮的故事。
和以往看過的readers很不同，特別是那個散文式的結尾，說不上感動，但有點觸動。
這個故事的主題應是成長吧。
不肯定是否因為是縮寫關係，還是寫作手法，故事情節好像沒有特別的高潮，而角色的轉變也來得較突然。
"He realized that Ellie spent her whole time wanting her life to be awful, and making things difficult for herself. School was awful for her because she wore her weatshirt ... (continue)

沒有看過電影，所以對我來說是新鮮的故事。
和以往看過的readers很不同，特別是那個散文式的結尾，說不上感動，但有點觸動。
這個故事的主題應是成長吧。
不肯定是否因為是縮寫關係，還是寫作手法，故事情節好像沒有特別的高潮，而角色的轉變也來得較突然。
"He realized that Ellie spent her whole time wanting her life to be awful, and making things difficult for herself. School was awful for her because she wore her weatshirt every day, which wasn;t allowed, and because she shouted at teachers and got into fights. But why didn't she stop those things? Her life wouldn't be so awful then."
"He wasn't Will the cool guy who didn't want to get involved with other people now."

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木白臣 said on Jan 15, 2012 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

My second English novel by Nick Hornby. Books on socio-cultural and human relationships were never light to read. Usually find it filled with sadness, uneasiness and yet reality.
The two major characters were Marcus and Will.
Marcus – a 12-year-old child living with the mother, who had ... (continue)

My second English novel by Nick Hornby. Books on socio-cultural and human relationships were never light to read. Usually find it filled with sadness, uneasiness and yet reality.
The two major characters were Marcus and Will.
Marcus – a 12-year-old child living with the mother, who had split with the father and got depression to a stage that would top herself. He was brought up with no freedom, and he was so weird that he was never accepted in his new school.
Will – a single adult doing nothing and caring nothing because his father had composed a well-known Christmas song that would bring money to him automatically. He never accomplished anything he could be proud of, except his conviction that no one’s problem was ever his problem.
It became a turning point when their line of lives met one another. With all the sophisticated network and web of people that were brought together so strangely, Marcus’s life was enlightened by the introduction of his very first friends, and, Will came across his first-time feeling of scare and insecurity since meeting his life-long partner.
One could never envisage the influence of another when he came into one’s life.
　
"Will wrestled with his conscience, grappled it to the ground and sat on it until he couldn't hear a squeak out of it."
"It wasn't noisy crying - his eyes just filled with tears and they started to stream down his cheeks - but it was still embarrassing."
"I don't mean that life was great and I didn't want not to participate. I just mean there were always one or two things that seemed unfinished, things I wanted to follow through."

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Candy said on Jan 6, 2012 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

"We were wondering," said John, "whether you'd like to be Imogen's godfather?"
[...] Will laughed nervously.
"Godfather? Church and things? Birthday presents? Adoption if you're killed in an air crash?"
"Yeah."
"You are kidding."

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Rents, party crasher said on Dec 30, 2011 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback