Издания и произведения

Thirty-six-year-old Londoner Will loves his life. Living carefree off the royalties of his dad's Christmas song, he's rich, unattached and has zero responsibilities - just the way he likes it. But when Will meets Marcus, an awkward twelve-year-old who listens to Joni Mitchell and accidentally kills ducks with loaves of bread, an unlikely friendship starts to bloom. Can this odd duo teach each another how to finally act their age?

Will Freeman may have discovered the key to dating success: If the simple fact that they were single mothers meant that gorgeous women – women who would not ordinarily look twice a Will – might not only be willing, but enthusiastic about dating him, then he was really onto something. Single mothers – bright, attractive, available women – thousands of them, were all over London. He just had to find them. SPAT: Single Parents – Alone Together. It was a brilliant plan. And Will wasn’t going to let the fact that he didn’t have a child himself hold him back. A fictional two-year-old named Ned wouldn’t be the first thing he’d invented. And it…

Не каждому удается сохранить в себе хотя бы частицу детства. Особенно если жизнь вокруг делает все возможное, чтобы превратить тебя в стадное существо или в абсолютного эгоиста, воспринимающего мир как фантом. Великовозрастный бездельник Уилл как раз из такой породы. Так бы он и летел по жизни, как растение перекати-поле, если бы не встретил однажды мальчика по имени Маркус и эта встреча не вернула Уиллу забытое ощущение детства. В 2002 году по роману снят фильм с Хью Грантом в роли Уилла Фримана, завоевавший несколько престижных наград.

Too cool! At thirty-six, he's as hip as a teenager. He's single, child-free, goes to the right clubs and knows which trainers to wear. He's also found a great way to score with women: attend single parents' groups full of available (and grateful) mothers, all hoping to meet a Nice Guy. Which is how Will meets Marcus, the oldest twelve-year-old on the planet. Marcus is a bit strange: he listens to Joni Mitchell and Mozart, looks after his mum and has never owned a pair of trainers. But Marcus latches on to Will - and won't let go. Can Will teach Marcus how to grow up cool? And can Marcus help Will just to grow up?

Не каждому удается сохранить в себе хотя бы частицу детства. Особенно если жизнь вокруг делает все возможное, чтобы превратить тебя в стадное существо или в абсолютного эгоиста, воспринимающего мир как фантом. Великовозрастный бездельник Уилл как раз из такой породы. Так бы он и летел по жизни, как растение перекати-поле, если бы не встретил однажды мальчика по имени Маркус и эта встреча не вернула Уиллу забытое ощущение детства. В 2002 году по роману снят фильм с Хьюго Грантом в роли Уилла Фримана, завоевавший несколько престижных наград.

Ник Хорнби - один из самых известных и признанных современных британских писателей. Сам автор определяет свое творчество как попытку заполнить пустоту, зияющую между популярным чтением и интеллектуальной литературой. Среди произведений Хорнби наиболее известны романы "Футбольная горячка", "Hi-Fi", "Долгое падение", "Голая Джульетта" и другие. "Мой мальчик" - это история обаятельного холостяка и неисправимого эгоиста, не привыкшего переживать по пустякам. Но настоящая любовь и неожиданная встреча с мальчиком-аути-стом по имени Маркус, который в свои двенадцать лет тоже ищет место в жизни, в корне меняют судьбу героя. Эта книга, пожалуй,…

Too cool! At thirty-six, he's as hip as a teenager. He's single, child-free, goes to the right clubs and knows which trainers to wear. He's also found a great way to score with women: attend single parents' groups full of available (and grateful) mothers, all hoping to meet a Nice Guy. Which is how Will meets Marcus, the oldest twelve-year-old on the planet. Marcus is a bit strange: he listens to Joni Mitchell and Mozart, looks after his mum and has never owned a pair of trainers. But Marcus latches on to Will - and won't let go. Can Will teach Marcus how to grow up cool? And can Marcus help Will just to grow up?

Will Freeman wants an easy life with no responsibilities. But then he meets Marcus - an unusual twelve-year-old boy with serious problems. About a boy is a modern classic - a very funny story about a very serious subject: love. It's also a popular movie starring Hugh Grant.

Все мы — дети. Мы никогда не взрослеем, мы просто обучаемся делать вид, что стали взрослыми. Но иногда наша защитная оболочка дает сбой — и тогда нам заново приходится учиться жить. Симпатичному тридцатишестилетнему бездельнику Уиллу это помогает сделать дружба со странным, почти аутичным пареньком по имени Маркус, который в свои двенадцать лет тоже ищет свое место в жизни. Одноименный фильм с участием Хью Гранта был номинирован на премию "Золотой глобус".

Ник Хорнби (р. 1958) - один из самых читаемых и обласканных критикой современных британских авторов. Сам Хорнби определяет свое творчество, как "попытку заполнить пустоту, зияющую между популярным чтивом и литературой для высоколобых". Главный герой романа - обаятельный сибаритствующий холостяк, не привыкший переживать по пустякам. Шикарная квартира, модная машина... и никаких обязательств и проблем. Но неожиданная встреча с мальчиком Маркусом и настоящая любовь в корне меняют жизнь, казалось бы, неисправимого эгоиста.

Will Freeman may have discovered the key to dating success: If the simple fact that they were single mothers meant that gorgeous women—women who would not ordinarily look twice at Will—might not only be willing, but enthusiastic about dating him, then he was really onto something. Single mothers—bright, attractive, available women—thousands of them, were all over London. He just had to find them.

Now a major motion picture from Universal Pictures.Will Freeman may have discovered the key to dating success: If the simple fact that they were single mothers meant that gorgeous women—women who would not ordinarily look twice at Will—might not only be willing, but enthusiastic about dating him, then he was really onto something. Single mothers—bright, attractive, available women—thousands of them, were all over London. He just had to find them. SPAT: Single Parents—Alone Together. It was a brilliant plan. And Will wasn't going to let the fact that he didn't have a child himself hold him back. A fictional two-year-old named Ned wouldn't…

Too cool! At thirty-six, he's as hip as a teenager. He's single, child-free, goes to the right clubs and knows which trainers to wear. He's also found a great way to score with women: attend single parents' groups full of available (and grateful) mothers, all hoping to meet a Nice Guy. Which is how Will meets Marcus, the oldest twelve-year-old on the planet. Marcus is a bit strange: he listens to Joni Mitchell and Mozart, looks after his mum and has never owned a pair of trainers. But Marcus latches on to Will - and won't let go. Can Will teach Marcus how to grow up cool? And can Marcus help Will just to grow up?

Will is thirty-six but acts like a teenager. Single, child-free and still feeling cool, he reads the right magazines, goes to the right clubs and knows which trainers to wear. He's also discovered a great way to score with women at single parents' groups, full of available (and grateful) mothers, all waiting for Mr Nice Guy. That's where he meets Marcus, the oldest twelve-year-old in the world. Marcus is a bit strange: he listens to Joni Mitchell and Mozart, he looks after his Mum and he's never even owned a pair of trainers. Perhaps if Will can teach Marcus how to be a kid, Marcus can help Will grow up and they can both start to act their…

Focusing on the surprisingly intertwined growing pains of the misfit twelve year old Marcus and the ultra cool thirty-something Will, Nick Hornby’s sensitive new novel takes a wry look at life and love in the nineties. Read by Tony Award winner Alan Cumming.

Все мы - дети. Мы никогда не взрослеем, мы просто обучаемся делать вид, что стали взрослыми. Но иногда наша защитная оболочка дает сбой - и тогда нам заново приходится учиться жить. Симпатичному тридцатишестилетнему бездельнику Уиллу это помогает сделать дружба со странным, почти аутичным пареньком по имени Маркус, который в свои двенадцать лет тоже ищет свое место в жизни.