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About a Boy
Mar 30, 2026 8:06 AM

Author:Nick Hornby

About a Boy

THE MILLION COPY NO. 1 BESTSELLER THAT BECAMEAN ACCLAIMED FILM STARRING HUGH GRANT AND NICOLAS HOULT

'A very entertaining and endearing read' The Times

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Thirty-six-year-old Londoner Will loves his life. Living carefree off the royalties of his dad's Christmas song, he's rich, unattached and has zero responsibilities - just the way he likes it.

But when Will meets Marcus, an awkward twelve-year-old who listens to Joni Mitchell and accidentally kills ducks with loaves of bread, an unlikely friendship starts to bloom.

Can this odd duo teach each another how to finally act their age?

Hugely funny and equally heartfelt, Nick Hornby's classic proves you're never too old to grow up. Perfect for fans of David Nicholls and Mike Gayle.

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'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

Reviews

MacLaverty is a master of many moods and this genial, intelligent novel finds him at his best

—— Sunday Telegraph

A brilliant novel

—— Daily Telegraph

A zestfully funny novel of male adolescence

—— Sunday Times

Novels of this quality should never end

—— Irish Independent

Tender, funny and gripping novel… The Anatomy School draws pictures in the imagination, and offers a lesson of the most enjoyable kind. Perhaps one of MacLaverty’s best and most exuberant books.

—— Belfast Telegraph

Embrace your inner Goth with this atmospheric shiver fest.

—— Elle

Thrilling stuff

—— B

Rich prose and a twisting plot make for a gripping read.

—— Sainsbury's Magazine

Like Donna Tartt’s "The Secret History" or a good film noir . . . Jane’s low-key narration has just the right tone to keep readers hooked

—— People magazine

The strength of 'The Lake of Dead Languages' is a silken prose that lures the reader into Goodman’s . . . story of murder, suicide . . . revenge, and madness

—— The Washington Post Book World

Part suspense, part coming-of-age, and all-enthralling . . . A book that needs the roar of a fire to ward off its psychic chill

—— The Denver Post
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