Ebook {Epub PDF} About a Boy by Nick Hornby

“About a Boy is a sweet, charming, and dryly humorous novel, one that was a joy to read. Author Nick Hornby has a definite skill for conversation, drawing relatable people, and infusing it all with plenty of bone dry quips and emotional engagement/5().  · This passage, from the middle of the book, occurs as the main character, Will, is driving and spots Marcus, the pathetic boy to whom he's become a kind of unwilling mentor. From About a Boy, by Nick Hornby: Will loved driving around www.doorway.ruted Reading Time: 3 mins. About a Boy. Author: Nick Hornby. This novel’s title is a word play to Nirvana’s song “About a Girl” and the band is dragged through the book as a motive, mostly used to describe Ellie and her behavior. The novel analyses the growing up theme, human’s relations and .

Nick Hornby was born in , and is the author of six novels, High Fidelity, About a Boy, How To Be Good, A Long Way Down (shortlisted for the Whitbread Award)Slam and Juliet, Naked. He is also the author of Fever Pitch, a book on his life as a devoted supporter of Arsenal Football Club, and has edited the collection of short stories Speaking. Reviewed in the United States on Janu. Verified Purchase. "About a Boy is a sweet, charming, and dryly humorous novel, one that was a joy to read. Author Nick Hornby has a definite skill for conversation, drawing relatable people, and infusing it all with plenty of bone dry quips and emotional engagement. Because I am going down to my alma mater to have some awesome adventures with some of my awesome friends, I am in a very good mood. Hence, this week's Favorite Passage being from one of my favorite funny books: Nick Hornby's About a Boy.I'm sure most of you have seen the movie, which is surprisingly good for a book-adaptation, but know this: The book is a hundred times better.

About a Boy. Author: Nick Hornby. This novel’s title is a word play to Nirvana’s song “About a Girl” and the band is dragged through the book as a motive, mostly used to describe Ellie and her behavior. The novel analyses the growing up theme, human’s relations and the responsibility we are supposed to take in life. About a Boy is a romantic comedy-drama film directed by Chris Weitz and Paul Weitz and written by them and Peter Hedges. It is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Nick Hornby. The film stars Hugh Grant, Nicholas Hoult, Toni Collette, and Rachel Weisz. About a Boy is a coming of age novel written by British writer Nick Hornby, which has sold over a million copies. The novel was later adapted into a feature film in and a television series in