<p><b>THE MILLION COPY NO. 1 BESTSELLER THAT BECAME </b><b>AN ACCLAIMED FILM STARRING HUGH GRANT AND NICOLAS HOULT </b><br><b><br>'A very entertaining and endearing read'</b> <i>The Times</i><br><i>___________________</i><br><br>Thirty-six-year-old Londoner Will loves his life. Living carefree off the royalties of his dad's Christmas song, he's rich, unattached and has zero responsibilities - just the way he likes it.<br><br>But when Will meets Marcus, an awkward twelve-year-old who listens to Joni Mitchell and accidentally kills ducks with loaves of bread, an unlikely friendship starts to bloom. <br><br>Can this odd duo teach each another how to finally act their age?<br><br><b>Hugely funny and equally heartfelt, Nick Hornby's classic proves you're never too old to grow up. Perfect for fans of David Nicholls and Mike Gayle.</b><br><i>___________________</i><br><br>'A stunner of a novel. Utterly read-in-one-day, forget-where-you-are-on-the-tube-gripping' <b><i>Marie Claire</i></b><br><br>'About the awful, hilarious, embarrassing places where children and adults meet, and Hornby has captured it with delightful precision'<b> <i>Irish Times</i></b><br><br>'It takes a writer with real talent to make this work, and Hornby has it - in buckets' <b><i>Literary Review</i></b></p>