About a Boy, Nick Hornby
About a Boy, Nick Hornby
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About a Boy

Author: Nick Hornby

Narrator: David Case

Unabridged: 7 hr 45 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Published: 10/28/2014

Synopsis

Now a major motion picture from Universal Pictures.Will Freeman may have discovered the key to dating success: If the simple fact that they were single mothers meant that gorgeous women—women who would not ordinarily look twice at Will—might not only be willing, but enthusiastic about dating him, then he was really onto something. Single mothers—bright, attractive, available women—thousands of them, were all over London. He just had to find them.SPAT: Single Parents—Alone Together. It was a brilliant plan. And Will wasn't going to let the fact that he didn't have a child himself hold him back. A fictional two-year-old named Ned wouldn't be the first thing he'd invented. And it seems to go quite well at first, until he meets an actual twelve-year-old named Marcus, who is more than Will bargained for...

About The Author

Nick Hornby is the author of six internationally bestselling novels (High Fidelity, About a Boy, How to be Good, A Long Way Down, Slam and Juliet, Naked) and several works of  non-fiction including Fever Pitch, Songbook and Ten Years In The Tub, a collection of his 'Stuff I've Been Reading' columns from the Believer.  His screenplay for the film An Education was nominated for an Academy Award. He lives in Highbury, north London.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Anne on March 11, 2023

3.5 stars Not sure who I'd recommend this to, but I enjoyed it well enough. It's basically a story about a fucked up guy with zero substance, a fucked up 12 year old dork, and his fucked up crazy hippie mother. To me, none of these three were very sympathetic characters. I mean, Marcus was the only one......more

Goodreads review by Baba on November 12, 2021

2021 review: Living off of his family legacy, lounging around in life, trying-hard-to-be-cool man-child Will has found the secret to dating 'hot' woman of his age… targeting single mothers. Insular, and almost on the edge of autism, straight talking 12-year old social outcast at school, Marcus havin......more

Goodreads review by Lee on July 20, 2007

I have weird habit of reading books that were made into movies AFTER I've seen the movies. Dopey, right? I don't know why I love to do this. I guess just to see how it all turns out on the other end. Anyway, this review is pretty straight forward: "About a Boy" is awesome. Like the rest of Hornby's w......more

Goodreads review by Suz on April 11, 2024

3.5⭐️ I watched the movie a long time ago, and in this instance, this didn’t help me in enjoying the book. I listened to the audio version, which was well narrated, but the entire way through I was waiting for something I thought happened in the movie to transpire. When it didn’t I was confused. I lo......more

Goodreads review by Gabrielle on November 23, 2020

Nick Hornby’s writing makes me smile. His dry British wit, his honesty, his quirkiness, his nerdiness. It’s all so damn charming! I cannot file him as junk food reading because he is much too earnest and positive: reading his book has an uplifting effect on me and that if definitely not a guilty ple......more

Quotes

"A follow up to High Fidelity...About a Boy is an acerbic, emotionally richer yet no less funny tale...shrewdly hilarious."—Entertainment Weekly"Hornby is a writer who dares to be witty, intelligent and emotionally generous all at once. He combines a skilled, intuitive appreciation for the rigors of comic structure with highly original insights about the way the enchantments of popular culture insinuate themselves into middle-class notions of romance."—The New York Times Book Review"The conversations between Will and Marcus are hilariously loopy."—The Boston Globe"An amusing male-bonding theme...stylish, well-observed"—People"Writing with real 'soul.'"—Harper's Bazaar"An utterly charming, picaresque tale of an older guy, a young kid, and the funky, dysfunctional real-life ties that bind—and unbind."—Vogue

Awards

  • ALA Notable Book
  • IMPAC Dublin Literary Award
  • New York Times Notable Book
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