About a Boy - Nick Hornby - 9780241969809

[html]'How cool was Will Freeman?' Too cool! At thirty-six, he's as hip as a teenager. He's single, child-free, goes to the right clubs and knows which trainers to wear. He's also found a great way to score with women: attend single parents' groups full of available (and grateful) mothers, all hoping to meet a Nice Guy. Which is how Will meets Marcus, the oldest twelve-year-old on the planet. Marcus is a bit strange: he listens to Joni Mitchell and Mozart, looks after his mum and has never owned a pair of trainers. But Marcus latches on to Will - and won't let go. Can Will teach Marcus how to grow up cool? And can Marcus help Will just to grow up? This astonishing novel, now a modern classic, was adapted for the acclaimed 2002 film About A Boy, starring Hugh Grant and Nicholas Hoult."A very entertaining and endearing read" - The Times "A stunner of a novel. Utterly read-in-on-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 ReviewNick Hornby is the bestselling author of eight novels, including High Fidelity and About a Boy, and several works of non-fiction including his ground-breaking debut, Fever Pitch. He has written numerous award-winning screenplays for film and television including Brooklyn, Wild and, most recently, State of the Union.[/html]