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About a Boy
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  • Published: 2 January 2014
  • ISBN: 9780241969878
  • Imprint: Penguin General UK
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 288
  • RRP: $26.00

About a Boy

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Paperback
29 July 2021
Paperback
2 Jan 2014
Paperback
27 June 2002
EBook
2 Jan 2001
Audiobook
25 Feb 2016
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ABOUT A BOY has sold over 300,000 copies in paperback since publication.

Will is a rich, child-free and irresponsible Londoner in his thirties who, in his search for available women, invents an imaginary son and starts attending single parent meetings. As a result of one of his liaisons he meets Marcus, a strange 12-year-old boy with problems at school. Gradually, Will and Marcus become friends and, as Will teaches Marcus how to be a cool kid, Marcus helps Will to finally grow up.
  • Published: 2 January 2014
  • ISBN: 9780241969878
  • Imprint: Penguin General UK
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 288
  • RRP: $26.00

About the author

Nick Hornby

Nick Hornby is the bestselling author of nine novels, including High Fidelity, About a Boy, and Just Like You, as well as several works of nonfiction including Fever Pitch. His books have sold over 3.5 million copies in the UK, and many have been turned into successful films and TV series. He has been Oscar-nominated twice for his screenplays, and his TV work has won three Emmys. His work has been translated into more than 40 languages. He lives in London.
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Praise for About a Boy

A very entertaining and endearing read

The Times

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