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About a Boy

By: Nick Hornby
Narrated by: David Case
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Now a major motion picture from Universal Pictures.

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 at 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 12-year-old named Marcus, who is more than Will bargained for...

©2014 Nick Hornby (P)2014 Penguin Audio Coming of Age Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Literature & Fiction Movie, TV & Video Game Tie-Ins Funny Single Parent

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I was unfamiliar with the author and had my doubts at first but came away a fan. I look forward to more books by this author.

Hornsby is a master of character development

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Nick Hornby doing what he does best, and I absolutely could not pick a better narrator.

excellent

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Great coming of age story—for both the child and the adults in his life.

Which character is the child?

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I hate it when I see a movie first and then read or listen to a book only to find out what I lived was added in Hollywood. This was NOT that situation. The movie is wonderful and I will always love it, but I am happy to report that the book provides more depth and resolution to each of the characters that I loved in the movie as well as insight from different perspectives. So glad I took the chance on it!

Like the movie, love the book

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Great story, fun, funny and fast paced, but David Case as the narrator wasn't for me he made weird voices and read it like a talk show host

Great book terrible narration

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This was a fun, enjoyable listen. I thought I would try this audible selection after reading "Fever Pitch" which I found quite hysterically funny most of the way through. I did enjoy the humor in this book also, although it was a darker type which came mostly at the expense of a misfit kid. Good character development of the slightly off kilter adults that surround this poor kid, and his lack of being understood and nurtured by them. Luckily Marcus ( the boy) and the other characters mature through their interactions. The story will stick with me.

A story that you will remember

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I love the characters and their quipping observations. Hornby is such a talented writer and observer of the human condition in all its gravity and absurdity.

Another wonderful work by Hornby.

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A story about when it is right to be incredibly intospective and self aware and when is it healthy to drop all that and live on the surface, and when the reverse is true too. Totally worth the journey.

brilliant

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The movie is one of my all time favorites and I believe is better than the book. There are some good quotes missing from the movie though. I felt like the narrator's voice didn't fit and you could hear pages turning.

good 👍

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I fell in love with the film first, and read the book when I was in high school. I wanted to reread the book and decided to try out the audiobook. I STILL love the story, and found that I got more out of it as a late twenty-something than I did as a 16 year old. I really enjoyed the narrator. His voice reminded me of Hugh Grant's (who played Will in the film) and that helped set the tone - especially on Will's chapters.

love the movie, love the book, love the audio!

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