About a boy

Nick Hornby's most successful novel. Children are about the last thing Will Freeman, a 36-year-old convinced bachelor, wants. He lives comfortably and lazily off the royalties of a Christmas song his father composed in 1938. He spends his days doing nothing, and in the evenings, he seeks distraction with young, attractive single mothers. Marcus, at twelve years old, has entirely different problems. His parents are separated, and his mother has a troubling tendency to burst into tears at any moment. At school, Marcus is an outsider, not least because of his clothing, hairstyle, and taste in music. Fortunately, fate brings him together with Will. And what fate gives you, you don't let go of easily. Nick Hornby's most successful novel was adapted into a film starring Hugh Grant, Toni Collette, and Rachel Weisz. The film became a huge success, just like the book.