The #1 New York Times bestseller from the beloved, award-winning author of Dickens and Prince, High Fidelity, and About A Boy.

For 16-year-old Sam, life is about to get extremely complicated. He and his girlfriend-make that ex-girlfriend- Alicia have gotten themselves into a bit of trouble. Sam is suddenly forced to grow up and struggle with the familiar fears and inclinations that haunt us all.

Nick Hornby's poignant and witty novel shows a rare and impressive understanding of human relationships and what it really means to be a man.

Slam Reviews

With Sam, Hornby has given us another of his perfectly imperfect male characters... Sparkling. -Chicago Sun-Times

We want to hear whatever this kid has got to say-the whole scary, hilarious story.... Hornby just makes it look easy. -The Washington Post

About Nick Hornby

Nick Hornby is the author of six internationally bestselling novels (High Fidelity, About a Boy, How to be Good, A Long Way Down, Slam and Juliet, Naked) and several works of non-fiction including Fever Pitch, Songbook and Ten Years In The Tub, a collection of his 'Stuff I've Been Reading' columns from the Believer. His screenplay for the film An Education was nominated for an Academy Award. He lives in Highbury, north London.

Additional information

Sku

CIN1594483450G

ISBN 13

9781594483455

ISBN 10

1594483450

Title

Slam by Nick Hornby

Author

Nick Hornby

Condition

Used - Good

Binding type

Paperback

Publisher

Penguin Books Ltd

Year published

20081007

Number of pages

320

Prizes

N/A

Cover note

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Note

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