Slam

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• Bed and half-board: an offer he can't refuse

  Slam by Nick Hornby Penguin £12.99, pp293 Like the years it seeks to dramatise, teenage fiction is rife with uncertainty. Who is it aimed at? Adults? Children? Both? In matters of good writing such distinctions ought to be meaningless but, with the n ... (read full critics)

  guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010

• Heading for a fall

  Slam by Nick Hornby 293pp, Penguin, £12.99 Sam, the narrator of Nick Hornby's first teenage novel, is 18, writing about when he was 16; a time when he regularly had imaginary conversations with his hero Tony Hawk. For those who don't already know, To ... (read full critics)

  guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010

22 Reviews

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  It's The catcher in the Rye for the 21st century. And because you keep comparing it to Salinger's novel, you understand that it's quite a hard act to follow. If I had been able to keep myself from this comparing business, it would probably have rated four stars.
  Nevertheless, this is a good, cl ... (continue)

  It's The catcher in the Rye for the 21st century. And because you keep comparing it to Salinger's novel, you understand that it's quite a hard act to follow. If I had been able to keep myself from this comparing business, it would probably have rated four stars.
  Nevertheless, this is a good, classic, feel-good Hornby novel and a great read!

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  Linda Wilke said on Aug 27, 2008 | Add your feedback

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  A very nice book. Even if I'm no more a teenager. It deals with a real and serious problem with his unmistakable humour.

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  Ms. Bunbury said on Jun 28, 2010 | Add your feedback

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  very funny, humorous, and real! it is the story of consequences of our choices/actions ...sometimes, like in fiction, we can go back and make things better!great!

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  Tonichka said on Feb 25, 2010 | Add your feedback

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  Couldn't do it after the first 70 pages. Got boring very quickly

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  Vale Jane Vesper Eloquim said on Feb 9, 2012 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

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  Being a teenager (I guess)

  Funny and moving and an enjoyable read

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  Liz4211 said on Aug 26, 2011 | Add your feedback

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  If a mother has a child when she's 16 years old, what are the odds that the child will do the same? Here's a fictional account of the situation and all the problems that go with being a teen parent.

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  Missmath144 said on Apr 6, 2011 | Add your feedback

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• English Books
• Paperback 304 Pages
• ISBN-10: 0141321407
• ISBN-13: 9780141321400
• Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
• Pub date: Apr 03, 2008
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