ABOUT A BOY

THE MILLION COPY NO. 1 BESTSELLER THAT BECAME AN ACCLAIMED FILM STARRING HUGH GRANT AND NICOLAS HOULT A very entertaining and endearing read The Times ___________________ Thirty-six-year-old Londoner Will loves his life. Living carefree off the royalties of his dads Christmas song, hes rich, unattached and has zero responsibilities - just the way he likes it. But when Will meets Marcus, an awkward twelve-year-old who listens to Joni Mitchell and accidentally kills ducks with loaves of bread, an unlikely friendship starts to bloom. Can this odd duo teach each another how to finally act their age? Hugely funny and equally heartfelt, Nick Hornbys classic proves youre never too old to grow up. Perfect for fans of David Nicholls and Mike Gayle. ___________________ A stunner of a novel. Utterly read-in-one-day, forget-where-you-are-on-the-tube-gripping Marie Claire About the awful, hilarious, embarrassing places where children and adults meet, and Hornby has captured it with delightful precision Irish Times It takes a writer with real talent to make this work, and Hornby has it - in buckets Literary Review