Eighteen-year-old Hoult, an actor who played arole in
thefilmadaptation of Hornby’s Abouta Boy 1988,
is a terrific choice to narrate the author’s first young adult
novel. Fifteen-year-old Sam’s girlfriend gets pregnant. What should
he do?He doesn’t want to repeat the mistakes of his mother,
who got pregnant as a teen.Distressed Sam talks to his poster
of skateboarding legend Tony Hawk, whichhelps his troubled
teenage soul.This moving, bittersweet work is packed with
Hornby’s trademark in
內容簡介:
The #1 "New York Times" bestseller now in paperback. For
16-year-old Sam, life is about to get extremely complicated. He and
his girlfriendamake that ex-girlfrienda 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 Hornbyas poignant and witty novel shows a rare and
impressive understanding of human relationships and what it really
means to be a man.
關於作者:
Nick Hornby was educated at Cambridge and began his career as
an English teacher before going on to write the internationally
bestselling novels High Fidelity, About a Boy, How to be Good and A
Long Way Down. He has written three works of non-fiction: the
hugely popular Fever Pitch, 31 Songs and The Complete Polysyllabic
Spree. Fever Pitch, High Fidelity and About a Boy have all been
made into successful films. Nick has won many awards and is a huge
pop-music fan. He lives and works in Highbury, north London. Slam
is his first teenage fiction novel.