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The
2003 Award
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How to be Good by Nick Hornby
Nominated by:
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Publisher of Nominated Edition: Viking ISBN 0670888230 |
| the complete A-Z listing of nominated authors. |
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ABOUT
THE BOOK
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| Katie Carr, doctor (and self-declared 'good person'), has just had an affair. It's not really her fault - she is, after all, married to David: angry, cynical, negative (though undeniably funny) and a real pain to live with. But then David meets DJ GoodNews, astonishingly effective faith healer and do-gooder of the unbearably smug kind. And now David is good. Too good, actually - 'a liberal's worst nightmare', he starts to put theory into practice, giving away their kids' toys, reaching out to the hopeless and homeless in a very personal and, for Katie, disturbing way. It seems to her that if charity begins at home, it may be time to move…. |
| ABOUT THE AUTHOR |
| Nick Hornby was born in 1957. He is the author of Fever Pitch and of three novels: High Fidelity, About a Boy and How to be Good. All four books have been international best-sellers. He has also edited two anthologies, My Favourite Year and Speaking with the Angel. In 1999 he was awarded the E.M Forster Award by the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He lives and works in London. |
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