{"product_id":"9780241969809-about-a-boy","title":"About a Boy","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWill is thirty-six, comfortable and child-free. And he's discovered a brilliant new way of meeting women - through single-parent groups. Marcus is twelve and a little bitnerdish: he's got the kind of mother who made him listen to Joni Mitchell rather than Nirvana.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE MILLION COPY NO. 1 BESTSELLER THAT BECAME \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eAN ACCLAIMED FILM STARRING HUGH GRANT AND NICOLAS HOULT \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A very entertaining and endearing read'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e___________________\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThirty-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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCan this odd duo teach each another how to finally act their age?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHugely 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\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e___________________\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A stunner of a novel. Utterly read-in-one-day, forget-where-you-are-on-the-tube-gripping' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMarie Claire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'About the awful, hilarious, embarrassing places where children and adults meet, and Hornby has captured it with delightful precision'\u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'It takes a writer with real talent to make this work, and Hornby has it - in buckets' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLiterary Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56449657733494,"sku":"9780241969809","price":8.51,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_32483402.jpg?v=1760446344","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780241969809-about-a-boy","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}