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About a Boy

Hornby, Nick
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contemporary fiction literary fiction past tense third limited POV ~322 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

Vibe

melancholic gritty angsty

A dark contemporary fiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose. Plot-driven. Contains notable violence.

Style Fingerprint

Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 40
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 20
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 80
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 60
externalintrospective
Ending 30
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 60
intimateepic

Content

Violence 60%
noneextreme
Sexual content 30%
noneexplicit
Humor 40%
seriouscomedic
Romance 50%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count80,620
Page count~322 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited

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