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guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010
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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
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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.
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- English Books
- Hardcover 304 Pages
- ISBN-10: 0399250484
- ISBN-13: 9780399250484
- Publisher: Putnam Juvenile
- Pub date: Oct 16, 2007
- Also available as: Paperback, Audio CD, Others and eBook
- In other languages: other languages
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| 9780399250484 | Hardcover | $19.99 | $17.09 | bn.com |
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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)