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author of Rainbow Rainbow

you'll be faced with a choice: Will you give in to discouragement

he’s excited to see where big-city life could take him

About a Boy History Hart thinks the thing inABOUT A BOY has sold over 300,000 copies in paperback since publication. Will is a rich, child free and irresponsible Londoner in his thirties who, in his search for available women, invents an imaginary son and starts attending single parent meetings. As a result of one of his liaisons he meets Marcus, a strange 12 year old boy with problems at school. Gradually, Will and Marcus become friends and, as Will teaches Marcus how to be a cool kid, Marcus