Not About Boys
by I
About This Novel
Hornby's classic masterpiece, the urban male version of "BJ's Diary", Hugh Grant performs "the most important British comedy" on the screen. "The Boy" is Hornby's most important masterpiece. It tells the growth and maturity of two characters with typical British humor - one is a twelve-year-old boy who has no childhood and is "the oldest in the world", and the other is a thirty-six-year-old man who "refuses to grow up" and is least willing to mature. The background is our noisy post-industrial era. The story contains love, rock and roll, lies, and true laughter. It is called the urban male version of "BJ Diary". The film of the same name starring Hugh Grant has been hailed as "the most important British comedy".
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