A wise, hilarious novel from the beloved, award-winning author of Funny Girl, High Fidelity and A Long Way Down. Quaden Bayles and his mum Yarraka were barraged by vile and nasty messages after a Facebook video went viral. Yes, the cad has developed a heart. Subscribe Now Will Freeman is 36 and doesn't have to work because he wrote a popular Christmas song and … Or perhaps that's not quite what he is. Great series. Hugh Grant (Notting Hill, Bridget Jones's Diary) is simply brilliant in this comedy hit the critics are hailing as "Hilarious!" tags: conscience, life, people. There are also several secondary characters, whom we hear about but never meet. Charming in the Grant stylebook refers to something he does as a conscious act, and what is remarkable here is that Grant is--well, likable. The The story begins with 12-year-old Marcus Brewer moving to London in 1993 with his loving but suicidal mother, Fiona. 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