Humorous novel
The novel is about two boys, Will, a 36-year-old bachelor, and Marcus, an eccentric, introverted, bullied 12-year-old with a suicidal mother. Will, who never had to work thanks to the royalties from his father's Christmas song hit, has a lot of spare time. Most of this he spends smoking, watching TV, listening to albums and looking for female companionship, preferably of the short-lived variety. After a pleasant relationship with a single mother, Will comes up with the idea of attending a single parents group as a new way to pick up women. He invents a two-year old son called Ned.
It is at one of these single parents meetings he comes to know Marcus and a friendship develops. Will helps Marcus to fit into the modern world. He takes him shopping, buys him shoes and introduces him to the music of Nirvana. As the story progresses Marcus and Will make more friendships. Marcus is adopted by Ellie, a very tough fifteen year old girl, who is constantly in trouble at school because she insists on wearing a Kurt Cobain T-shirt. He also spends some time with his dad who visits Marcus and his mother for Christmas, together with his new girlfriend and her mother. Meanwhile Will starts going out with a single mum called Rachel, who has a son called Ali, who is about the same age as Marcus. In the end Marcus evolves and becomes a “normal” kid for his age. Will in the end is more mature, he wants to marry Rachel. So both of them have started to live according to their age.
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