{"product_id":"about-a-boy-9781573227339","title":"About a Boy","description":"\u003cb\u003eA wise, hilarious novel from the beloved, award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eDickens and Prince\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFunny Girl \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e High Fidelity\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWill Freeman may have discovered the key to dating success: If the simple fact that they were single mothers meant that gorgeous women - women who would not ordinarily look twice a Will - might not only be willing, but enthusiastic about dating him, then he was really onto something. Single mothers - bright, attractive, available women - thousands of them, were all over London. He just had to find them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e SPAT: Single Parents - Alone Together. It was a brilliant plan. And Will wasn't going to let the fact that he didn't have a child himself hold him back. A fictional two-year-old named Ned wouldn't be the first thing he'd invented. And it seems to go quite well at first, until he meets an actual twelve-year-old named Marcus, who is more than Will bargained for...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eNick Hornby is the author of seven internationally bestselling novels (\u003ci\u003eFunny Girl, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eHigh Fidelity, About a Boy, How to be Good, A Long Way Down, Slam \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eJuliet, Naked\u003c\/i\u003e) and several works of non-fiction including \u003ci\u003eFever Pitch, Songbook \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Ten Years In The Tub.\u003c\/i\u003e He has written screenplay adaptions of Lynn Barber's An Education, nominated for an Academy Award, Cheryl Strayed's \u003ci\u003eWild\u003c\/i\u003e and Colm Tóibín's \u003ci\u003eBrooklyn\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in London. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Riverhead Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50614647259410,"sku":"9781573227339","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4fab0bd3-b291-4beb-826e-eceffe7849d1.jpg?v=1732454935","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/about-a-boy-9781573227339","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}