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Can I read About a Boy on EtoBox?
About a Boy by Nick Hornby is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is About a Boy about?
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.
Who reads About a Boy?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Nick Hornby
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Group, Limited
- Published
- 2002
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780575066595
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction
- Rating
- 3.79 / 5 (654 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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