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How to Be Good
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A wise and hilarious novel morality and what it means to be a "goof person" from the bestselling author of Dickens and Prince, Just Like you, Funny Girl and High Fidelity.
A brutally truthful, compassionate novel about the heart, mind, and soul of a woman who, confronted by her husband’s sudden and extreme spiritual conversion, is forced to learn “how to be good”—whatever that means, and for better or worse…
Katie Carr is a good person…sort of. For years her husband’s been selfish, sarcastic, and underemployed.
But now David’s changed. He’s become a good person, too—really good. He’s found a spiritual leader. He has become kind, soft-spoken, and earnest. Katie isn’t sure if this is deeply felt conversion, a brain tumor—or David’s most brilliantly vicious manipulation yet. Because she’s finding it more and more difficult to live with David—and with herself.
A brutally truthful, compassionate novel about the heart, mind, and soul of a woman who, confronted by her husband’s sudden and extreme spiritual conversion, is forced to learn “how to be good”—whatever that means, and for better or worse…
Katie Carr is a good person…sort of. For years her husband’s been selfish, sarcastic, and underemployed.
But now David’s changed. He’s become a good person, too—really good. He’s found a spiritual leader. He has become kind, soft-spoken, and earnest. Katie isn’t sure if this is deeply felt conversion, a brain tumor—or David’s most brilliantly vicious manipulation yet. Because she’s finding it more and more difficult to live with David—and with herself.
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“First Nick Hornby book. Pleased to find I *really* enjoyed the experience of reading his writing. Dryly humorous, well-observed, with a main character who felt quite real (painfully, at times) and an effective central conceit.”
“Siamo il nucleo famigliare ideale. Mangiamo insieme, facciamo giochi istruttivi invece di guardare la televisione, sorridiamo un sacco. Temo di poter ammazzare qualcuno da un momento all'altro >
Nick Hornby colpisce ancora con "Come diventare buoni", un romanzo che ci insegna con il suo solito sarcasmo e la sua ironia tagliente, che essere moralmente impeccabili può essere molto più insopportabile di essere dei completi egoisti.
Il libro smonta con arguzia l'ipocrisia della bontà forzata e il malcelato egoismo di chi si ritiene moralmente superiore. Con un ritmo incalzante e dialoghi brillanti, l'autore ci regala una commedia sulla crisi coniugale che, sotto la superficie leggera, nasconde una riflessione profonda sulla natura umana.”
About Nick Hornby
Nick Hornby is the author of seven internationally bestselling novels (Funny Girl, High Fidelity, About a Boy, How to be Good, A Long Way Down, Slam and Juliet, Naked) and several works of non-fiction including Fever Pitch, Songbook and Ten Years In The Tub. He has written screenplay adaptions of Lynn Barber’s An Education, nominated for an Academy Award, Cheryl Strayed's Wild and Colm Tóibín’s Brooklyn. He lives in London.
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