Slam - Softcover

Hornby, Nick

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0241969840 ISBN 13: 9780241969847

Verlag: Penguin Books, 2014

'There was this time when everything seemed to have come together. And so obviously it was time to go and screw it all up.'Sam is sixteen and a skater. Just so there are no terrible misunderstandings: skating = skateboarding., There's no ice. Life is ticking along nicely for Sam: his mum's got rid of her rubbish boyfriend, he's thinking about college and he's met someone. Alicia.Then a little accident happens., One with big consequences for someone just finding his way in life. Sam can't run (let alone skate) away from this one. He's a boy facing a man's problems and the question is - has he got what it takes to confront them?

Críticas:

Truthful and funny (Sunday Times)

Hornby takes the raw ironies of life and gently rubs away at them to reveal gems of bittersweet truth (Observer)

A moving read for anyone (Elle)

Touching, very funny (Guardian)

Hornby gets his point across with the subtlety and skill of a born novelist who always deserves to be read (Independent)

Truthful and funny (Sunday Times)

Hornby takes the raw ironies of life and gently rubs away at them to reveal gems of bittersweet truth (Observer)

Reseña del editor:

THE HILARIOUS COMING-OF-AGE NOVEL FROM THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF ABOUT A BOY

'Touching, very funny' Guardian
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'There was this time when everything seemed to have come together. And so obviously it was time to go and screw it all up.'

Sam is sixteen and a skater. Just so there are no terrible misunderstandings: skating = skateboarding. There's no ice. Life is ticking along nicely for Sam; his Mum's got rid of her rubbish boyfriend, he's thinking about college and he's met someone. Alicia.

Then a little accident happens. One with big consequences for someone just finding his way in life. Sam can't run (let alone skate) away from this one. He's a boy facing a man's problems and the question is - has he got what it takes to confront them?

Slam, from the acclaimed author of About a Boy and High Fidelity is a teenage novel about a boy who has to grow up in big, big hurry. It is The Catcher in the Rye for the 21st century.

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'Very funny...very real' Daily Telegraph

'Hornby gets his point across with the subtlety and skill of a born novelist who always deserves to be read' Independent

'A moving read for anyone' Elle

• Verlag: Penguin Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0241969840
• ISBN 13: 9780241969847
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 304