num_pages: 307
description: A wise, hilarious novel from the beloved, award-winning author of  Funny Girl, High Fidelity and  A Long Way Down. Will Freeman may have discovered the key to dating 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. 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…
language: English
title: About a Boy
titlecomplete: About a Boy
characters: Will Freeman, Ellie, Fiona Waters
genres: Coming Of Age, Novels, Adult Fiction, Literature, Comedy, Adult, British Literature, Fiction, Contemporary, Humor
ratings_count: 134223
places: London, England
publisher: Riverhead Books