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About a Boy

By Nick Hornby

(22)

| Audio Cassette | 9781573221016

Book Description

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

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 confessional) to Time (Hornby demonstrates his enviable talent for lucid, laconic writing) to The New York Times Book Review (Hornby captures the loneliness and childishness of adult life with such precision and wit that you'll find yourself nodding and smiling) to GQ (funny, compulsive, and contemporary). About a Boy stars a guy called Will, who doesn't really want any children. He wonders why it bothers people that he lives so happily alone in his fashionable, Lego-free flat, with massive speakers, and an expensive cream-colored rug that no kid has ever thrown up on. Then Will meets Angie. He has never been out with a mom before. And it has to be said that Angie's long blond hair and big blue eyes, are not irrelevant to his sudden

reassessment of his attitude toward children. She is truly

beautiful. And truly beautiful women do not, traditionally, go out with him. Then it dawns on Will that maybe Angie goes out with him because of the children. Maybe children democratized beautiful, single women

4 Reviews

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    It took me a while to get through the book, with a bunch of things going on. It was good, don't get me wrong, but it just wasn't the book I was looking for at the moment, it didn't grasp my attention fully, but like I said, it was quiet good, I enjoyed the characters as I watched them grow (or in Ma ... (continue)

    It took me a while to get through the book, with a bunch of things going on. It was good, don't get me wrong, but it just wasn't the book I was looking for at the moment, it didn't grasp my attention fully, but like I said, it was quiet good, I enjoyed the characters as I watched them grow (or in Marcus' case, became their own age). An enjoyable book if you're in the mood for it.

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    ― `♠Alexvampira♠` said on Oct 29, 2009 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

  • Saw the movie first and it was a movie that really stayed with me. Seeing it first may have helped me "get" the main characters in the book better and it did enrich my reading. This is pretty good but I may have liked the movie better for once!

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    ― Fleatopp said on Aug 15, 2008 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

  • About a Boy

    I really enjoyed this book. I found much of the dialogue and the characters very humorous and am looking forward to reading more from this author.

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    ― Readingrat said on Nov 27, 2007 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

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