An edition of About a Boy (1998)

About a boy

Roman

1. Aufl.
  • 3.36 ·
  • 14 Ratings
  • 53 Want to read
  • 7 Currently reading
  • 23 Have read

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An edition of About a Boy (1998)

About a boy

Roman

1. Aufl.
  • 3.36 ·
  • 14 Ratings
  • 53 Want to read
  • 7 Currently reading
  • 23 Have read

Kinder sind so ungefa hr das letzte, was sich Will Freeman, 36 Jahre alt und u berzeugter Single, wu nscht. Er lebt gut und faul von den Tantiemen eines Weihnachtslieds, das sein Vater 1938 komponiert hat. Seine Tage verbringt er mit Nichtstun, und fu r die Abende bemu ht er sich zur Abwechslung mal um junge, alleinerziehende und gutaussehende Mu tter. Marcus mit seinen zwo lf Jahren hat ganz andere Probleme. Seine Eltern haben sich getrennt, und seine Mutter hat die bea ngstigende Neigung, beim Fru hstu ck zu weinen. Ausserdem hasst sie Turnschuhe an Kinderfu ssen. Die falsche Kleidung, der falsche Haarschnitt und eine von der Mutter geerbte musikalische Neigung fu r Joni Mitchell machen Marcus in der Schule zum Aussenseiter. Zum Glu ck bringt ihn das Schicksal mit Will zusammen, der Experte in Mode und Popmusik und Fussball ist. Marcus merkt bald, wie nu tzlich ihm Will beim Aufbau einer neuen Perso nlichkeit sein kann. Fast gegen seinen Willen gera t Will so in den Sog von Kindern und Mu ttern.

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Language
German
Pages
309

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About a boy
2014, Penguin Books
in English
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About a boy
2010, Penguin
in English
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About a Boy
April 4, 2002, Penguin Books Ltd
Cover of: About a Boy
About a Boy
November 2002, Distribooks
Paperback in German
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About a Boy
September 1, 2002, Cornelsen
Paperback
Cover of: Erase una vez un padre
Erase una vez un padre
2001, Suma de Letras, Punto De Lectura, Brand: Punto de Lectura
in Spanish
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About a boy
1999, Riverhead Books
in English - 1st Riverhead trade paperback ed.
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About a boy: Roman
1998, Kiepenheuer und Witsch
in German - 1. Aufl.
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About a boy
1998, Thorndike Press
in English
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About a boy
1998, Riverhead Books
in English

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Edition Notes

Aus dem Engl. u bers.

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The Physical Object

Pagination
309 S. ;
Number of pages
309

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL26328093M
Internet Archive
aboutboy00nick
ISBN 10
3462027379
ISBN 13
9783462027372
OCLC/WorldCat
75912246

First Sentence

""So, have you split up now?""

Work Description

Nick Hornby's second bestselling novel is about sex, manliness and fatherhood. Will 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. Perhaps they can help each other out a little bit, and both can start to act their age.

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