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Feb 03, 2016KMJ_ rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
About a Boy alternates between the perspective of 12 year old Marcus, and thirty-something Will as they begin an unorthodox friendship. Will doesn’t do anything, and just lives off the royalties from a Christmas song his father wrote decades earlier. Marcus doesn’t have any friends, and he doesn’t know how to help his depressed mother after her suicide attempt. The friendship between Will and Marcus seems odd at first, but becomes endearing, but not sappy, as the book goes on. Like other Nick Hornby works, music is a big part of the novel, with the music and life of Kurt Cobain being a driving force in the novel.