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How to Be Good by Nick Hornby is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is How to Be Good about?

SUMMARY: Katie Carr is a good person. She recycles. She's against racism. She's a good doctor, a good mom, a good wife....well, maybe not that last one, considering she's having an affair and has just requested a divorce via cell phone. But who could blame her? For years her husband's been selfish, sarcastic, and underemployed, writing the "Angriest Man in Holloway" column for their local paper. But now David's changed. He's become a good person, too-really good. He's found a spiritual leader. He has become kind, soft-spoken, and earnest. He's even got a homeless kid set up in the spare room. Katie isn't sure if this is a deeply-felt conversion, a brain tumor-or David's most brilliantly vicious manipulation yet. Because she's finding it more and more difficult to live with David-and with herself. "Hornby pulls off the seemingly impossible: He tackles marriage and the nature of benevolence from a woman's point of view without sacrificing his impish charm." (New York)

Who reads How to Be Good?

It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.

Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.

Author
Nick Hornby
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Published
2002
Language
EN
ISBN
9781573229326
Category
work of fiction
Subjects
Fiction, Literary Fiction, Humor
Rating
3.18 / 5 (3,671 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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