About a Boy -

Nick Hornby

Penguin Books

2000

278 páginas

9h 16m

ISBN-10: 0965593894

Will is thirty-six but acts like a teenager. Single, child-free and still feeling cool, he reads the right magazines, goes to the right clubs and knows which trainers to wear. He's also discovered a great way to score with women at single parents' groups, full of available (and grateful) mothers, all waiting for Mr Nice Guy. That's where he meets Marcus, the oldest twelve-year-old in the world. Marcus is a bit strange: he listens to Joni Mitchell and Mozart, he looks after his Mum and he's never even owned a pair of trainers. Perhaps if Will can teach Marcus how to be a kid, Marcus can help Will grow up and they can both start to act their age.

Resenhas (7)

5 (Perfeito)

Entre gargalhadas e mais gargalhadas, é maravilhoso desfrutar da sinceridade de Marcus, das trapalhas de Will e perceber como um velho-menino pode encontrar sua ident(idade) e um homem-garotão pode amadurecer sem perder o seu charme.

Mais uma das narrativas de Hornby: simples, cômica e sentimental ao mesmo tempo.

E, ainda por cima, nos deixa nostálgicos quanto aos anos 90...

Excelente!