Book description
Slam is a hilarious coming-of-age novel by bestselling author
Nick Hornby
'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.
'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
Nick Hornby has captivated readers and achieved widespread critical
acclaim for his comic, well-observed adult novels About a Boy,
A Long Way Down, Juliet, Naked, How to be Good
and High Fidelity. His three works of non-fiction, 31
Songs (shortlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award),
Fever Pitch (winner of the William Hill Sports Book of the
Year Award) and The Complete Polysyllabic Spree are also
available from Penguin.
Hornby's writing is hilarious Nick Hornby was educated at Cambridge
and began his career as an English teacher before going on to write the
internationally bestselling novels
High Fidelity,
About a Boy,
How to be Good
and
A Long Way Down
. He has written three works of non-fiction: the hugely popular
Fever Pitch,
31 Songs
and
The Complete Polysyllabic Spree
.
Fever Pitch,
High Fidelity
and
About a Boy
have all been made into successful films. Nick has won many awards and
is a huge pop-music fan. He lives and works in Highbury, north London.
Slam
is his first teenage fiction novel.
