About a Boy [antikvár]

'A delightful, observant, funny and good-hearted növel... Done with the downbeat wit and charm which have become Hornbys trademark' Terence Blacker, Mail on Sunday 'About a Boy is really about the awful, hilarious, embarrassing places where children and adults meet, and Hornby has captured it with delightful precision' Arminta Wallace, Irish Times 4 A stunner of a növel... Utterly read-in-one-day, forget-where-youare-on-the-tube gripping ... A brilliant book which telis you more about late 1990s cultural life than any number of flash mags and social trearises ever will - and it's wildly entertaining into the bargain' Marié Claire 'It is absolutely unthinkable that you will be able to finish even the first chapter without seeing a litde bit of yourself and everyone you know in bothWill and his newly "adopted" progeny Marcus' Sophie Gorman, Irish Independent 'Hornby's sharp observations and his quirky comedic instincts ensure that our journey is entertaining, funny - and occasionally affecting' Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times 4About a Boy is a logical extension of Hornbys territory, combining the humour and keen perception of his earüer books with a harsher set of facts, a north London landscape slighdy reminiscent of Joseph Connolly or Martin Amis .. .The psychology of Hornbys characters is caiefully, thoughtfully and gendy done.There is a heart to Hornbys writing which sets its world apart ftom those of Connolly or Amis' Tobias Hill, Observer