by Nick Hornby · Viking · tapa dura · ISBN 9780670888238
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«How to Be Good» is the humorous novel by writer Nick Hornby, published by Viking in hardcover (244 pages, in English).
Katie Carr, a London doctor, believes she has earned an affair because her husband is the angriest man in Holloway. When he suddenly becomes an excessively good person, gives away his money and takes in strangers, Katie's moral accounts stop adding up and she will have to consider what it means to be good.
Published on May 31, 2001, the work was on the longlist for that year's Booker Prize.
For readers of contemporary fiction seeking British humor and an ironic look at marriage and moral contradictions.
Nicholas Peter John Hornby is an English writer. He is best known for his memoir Fever Pitch (1992) and novels High Fidelity (1995) and About a Boy (1998), all of which were adapted into feature films. Hornby's work frequently touches upon music, sport, and the aimless and obsessive natures of his protagonists. His books have sold more than 5 million copies worldwide as of 2018. In a 2004 poll for the BBC, Hornby was named the 29th most influential person in British culture. He has received two Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay nominations for An Education (2009), and Brooklyn (2015).
