Boy. Man

Author: Nick Hornby
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Publication Date: 2004-01-01
Features: One is a boy without a childhood, the "oldest in the world" at twelve; the other is a thirty-six-year-old man who "refuses to grow up" and is unwilling to mature. The setting is our chaotic post-industrial era. This book is the current best-selling comedy novel by British author Nick Hornby, with the film adaptation starring Hugh Grant hailed as a "blockbuster British comedy." It features sex, rock, lies, and genuine laughter; it's cool, avant-garde, absurd, and even more direct to the heart. The urban male version of "B.J. Diary," teaching you what growth and maturity are. The book tells the story of a boy without a childhood, the "oldest in the world" at twelve, and a thirty-six-year-old man who "refuses to grow up" and is unwilling to mature, set against the backdrop of our chaotic post-industrial era.