About The Book

About a Boy
by Nick Hornby
1999
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Description
Will Freeman may have discovered the key to dating success: If the simple fact that they were single mothers meant that gorgeous women – women who would not ordinarily look twice a Will – might not only be willing, but enthusiastic about dating him, then he was really onto something. Single mothers – bright, attractive, available women – thousands of them, were all over London. He just had to find them. SPAT: Single Parents – Alone Together. It was a brilliant plan. And Will wasn’t going to let the fact that he didn’t have a child himself hold him back. A fictional two-year-old named Ned wouldn’t be the first thing he’d invented. And it seems to go quite well at first, until he meets an actual twelve-year-old named Marcus, who is more than Will bargained for…
Details
- Title
- About a Boy
- Subtitle
- -
- Authors
- Nick Hornby
- Publisher
- Riverhead Books
- Format
- paperback
- Published
- May 1, 1999
- Page Count
- 336
- Language
- English
- ISBN-13
- 9781573227339
- ISBN-10
- 1573227331
- Genres
- Young Adult, Classics, Boys, Romance, Fiction, Literature, Bildungsromans, General, Literary Fiction, Coming of Age, Single Parent, Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction, Children and adults
- Weight
- 9.2 ounces
- Physical Dimensions
- 5.16 x 0.83 x 7.95 inches
- Adapted as
- About a Boy