{"product_id":"about-a-boy-isbn-9781573227339","title":"About a Boy","description":"\u003cb\u003eA wise, hilarious novel from the beloved, award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eDickens and Prince\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFunny Girl \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e High Fidelity\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWill 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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…\"A follow up to \u003ci\u003eHigh Fidelity...About a Boy\u003c\/i\u003e is an acerbic, emotionally richer yet no less funny tale...shrewdly hilarious.\"—\u003cb\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Hornby is a writer who dares to be witty, intelligent and emotionally generous all at once. He combines a skilled, intuitive appreciation for the rigors of comic structure with highly original insights about the way the enchantments of popular culture insinuate themselves into middle-class notions of romance.\"—\u003cb\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The conversations between Will and Marcus are hilariously loopy.\"—\u003cb\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An amusing male-bonding theme...stylish, well-observed\"—\u003cb\u003ePeople\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Writing with real 'soul.'\"—\u003cb\u003eHarper's Bazaar\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An utterly charming, picaresque tale of an older guy, a young kid, and the funky, dysfunctional real-life ties that bind—and unbind.\"—\u003cb\u003eVogue\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eNick Hornby is the author of seven internationally bestselling novels (\u003ci\u003eFunny Girl,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eHigh Fidelity, About a Boy, How to be Good, A Long Way Down, Slam \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eJuliet, Naked\u003c\/i\u003e) and several works of  non-fiction including \u003ci\u003eFever Pitch, Songbook \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Ten Years In The Tub.\u003c\/i\u003e He has written screenplay adaptions of Lynn Barber’s An Education, nominated for an Academy Award, Cheryl Strayed's \u003ci\u003eWild\u003c\/i\u003e and Colm Tóibín’s \u003ci\u003eBrooklyn\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in London.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Riverhead Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304507625701,"sku":"NP9781573227339","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781573227339.jpg?v=1767720965","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/about-a-boy-isbn-9781573227339","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}