Will Lightman is a Peter Pan for the 1990s. At 36, the terminally hip North Londoner is unmarried, hyper-concerned with his coolness quotient and blithely living off his father's novelty song royalties. Will sees himself as entirely lacking in hidden depths--and he's proud of it! The only trouble is, his friends are succumbing to responsibilities and children and he's increasingly left out in the cold. How can someone brilliantly equipped for meaningless relationships ensure that he'll continue to meet beautiful Julie Christie-like women and ensure that they'll throw him over before things get too profound? A brief encounter with a single mother sets Will off on his new career, that of "serial nice guy." As far as he's concerned--and remember, concern isn't his strong suit--he's the perfect catch for the young mother on the go. After an interlude of sexual bliss, she'll realise that her child isn't ready for a man in their life and Will can ride off into the Highgate sunset, where more damsels apparently await. The only catch is that the best way to meet these women is at single-parent get-togethers. In one of Nick Hornby's many hilarious (and embarrassing) scenes, Will falls into some serious misrepresentation at SPAT ("Single Parents-- Alone Together"), passing himself off as a bereft single dad: "There was, he thought, an emotional truth here somewhere, and he could see now that his role-playing had a previously unsuspected artistic element to it. He was acting, yes, but in the noblest, most profound sense of the word."
What interferes with Will's career arc, of course, is reality--in the shape of a 12-year-old boy who is in many ways his polar opposite. For Marcus, cool isn't even a possibility, let alone an issue. For starters, he's a victim at his new school. Things at home are pretty awful, too, since his musical-therapist mother seems increasingly in need of therapy herself. All Marcus can do is cobble together information with a mixture of incomprehension, innocence, self-blame and unfettered clear sight. As fans of Fever Pitch and High Fidelity already know, Hornby's insight into laddishness magically combines the serious and the hilarious. About a Boy continues his singular examination of masculine wish-fulfilment and fear. This time, though, the author lets women and children onto the playing field, forcing his feckless hero to leap over an entirely new--and entirely welcome--set of emotional hurdles. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
上周读完了这本书,非常喜欢。 Marcus是长在单亲家庭的男孩,有一天早餐前,他发现他的妈妈Fiona在哭泣。要知道早上哭泣要比晚上哭泣可怕多了,晚上哭泣,醒来又是另一天了。可是如果你在早上哭泣,你就有可能在一天中任何时候哭泣了。果不出所料,后来发生很多事情...
评分上周读完了这本书,非常喜欢。 Marcus是长在单亲家庭的男孩,有一天早餐前,他发现他的妈妈Fiona在哭泣。要知道早上哭泣要比晚上哭泣可怕多了,晚上哭泣,醒来又是另一天了。可是如果你在早上哭泣,你就有可能在一天中任何时候哭泣了。果不出所料,后来发生很多事情...
评分很喜欢Nick Hornby的书,能感受到作者的真诚。无论语言还是感情本身,都那么的真实可爱。
评分I just love how Marcus changed Will :) Though Marcus may lose himself, it's lucky that we know it would turn out to be alright after all.
评分超逗
评分不愧是Nick Hornby~
评分2013.7.9 真是奇怪,居然是看到最后一句话,我才意识到我其实是在看一个coming of age的故事。我并不喜欢书里面太多的现代的活人/名人,还有歌词,还有专辑。慕名Hornby太久,但是因为带着对畅销书的鄙视,所以边看边挑剔。除开匠气太重,这本书写得并不坏。甚至人设都算新奇有趣。人物对白也算擅长。偶尔一些英式幽默,可以让人笑到发疯。对人性观察亦算到位。但是整本书太多流行元素,too much "nowness", too much eye catcher... which prevents me from giving it a five star. "I just don’t think couples are the future."
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