Medium Paperback, Good Condition, 1999, 286 pages, ISBN 0 75380 862 5

About a Boy – Nick Hornby

Marcus is twelve. Will is thirty-six. Why can’t they both act their age?

In his second novel Nick Hornby explores the connections people make when the so-called ideal family model does not apply. As he did with football in Fever Pitch and with record collections in High Fidelity, he keeps his eye on the subject while revealing much more – always cutting through received rubbish with a singular sense of purpose. And in the process he connects with a huge number of people who find his view of the world funny, wise and disarmingly entertaining.

‘Nick Hornby is a godsend, because he manages to write books that are thoroughly entertaining even as they offer illuminating insights into the way we live now. About a Boy is that rare thing – a second novel that is better, richer and more rounded than it’s author’s successful debut.” – The Daily Telegraph