Nick Hornby 978-1573220873 Riverhead Books 320 Pages; First Printing: May 1998
Nick Hornby’s novel, About A Boy, has it all yet is missing
so much; and that might be its strongest point. The novel tackles a
multi-layered problem with the barest of essentials. It is void of much
imagery, dense prose, lofty character ambitions and more. The narration seesaws
between the life of a twelve year-old boy and that of a man committed to a
bachelorhood void of children and responsibility. Will Lightman (Freeman) does
not work. 