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2003 Nominated

How to be Good

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ABOUT
THE BOOK

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

NICK HORNBY is the bestselling author of eight novels, including Just Like YouHigh Fidelity and About a Boy, and several works of nonfiction including Fever Pitch. He has also written numerous award-winning screenplays for film and television including BrooklynWild and, most recently, State of the Union.

NICK HORNBY is the bestselling author of eight novels, including Just Like YouHigh Fidelity and About a Boy, and several works of nonfiction including Fever Pitch. He has also written numerous award-winning screenplays for film and television including BrooklynWild and, most recently, State of the Union.

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Country
United Kingdom
Original Language
English
Author
Publisher
Viking

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