Apr 30, 2002 | 336 Pages
Apr 09, 2004
“Hornby is a writer who dares to be witty, intelligent and emotionally generous all at once.”—The New York Times Book Review“
A darkly funny and thought-provoking ride.”—USA Today
“A bitingly clever novel of ideas…[a] profound, worrying, hilarious, sophisticated, compulsive novel.”—The Sunday Times (UK)
“Daringly different.”—New York Daily News
“How to be good? How to be bloody marvelous more like.”—The Mail on Sunday(UK)
“Breezily hilarious and thought-provoking at the same time.”—New York Magazine
“Seriousness spiked with humor…a page-turner.”—The Washington Times
“A thorny parable…very funny and shrewd.”—Salon.com
IMPAC Dublin Literary Award WINNER
New York Times Notable Book WINNER
W. H. Smith Book Award WINNER
