{"product_id":"9780241969809","title":"About a Boy","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Hornby, Nick \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 02\/01\/2014,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 288 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780241969809,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE MILLION COPY NO. 1 BESTSELLER THAT BECAME AN ACCLAIMED FILM STARRING HUGH GRANT AND NICOLAS HOULT 'A very entertaining and endearing read' The TimesThirty-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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'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\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43697285103660,"sku":"9780241969809","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9780241969809_25d3466c-e5af-4e8b-a3a3-9e01b3a85ae1.jpg?v=1759660964","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9780241969809","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}