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Hornby means us to take his title literally: How can we be good, and what does that mean? However, quite apart from demanding that his readers scrub their souls with the nearest available Brillo pad, he also mesmerizes us with that cocktail of wit and compassion that has become his trademark. The result is a multifaceted jewel of a book: a hilarious romp, a painstaking dissection of middle-class mores, and a powerfully sympathetic portrait of a marriage in its death throes. It's hard to know whether to laugh or cry as we watch David forcing his kids to give away their computers, drawing up schemes for the mass redistribution of wealth, and inviting his wife's most desolate patients round for a Sunday roast. But that's because How to Be Good manages to be both brutally truthful and full of hope. It won't outsell the Bible, but it's a lot funnier. --Matthew Baylis
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. 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 husbands sudden and extreme spiritual conversion, is forced to learn how to be goodwhatever that means, and for better or worseKatie Carr is a good personsort of. For years her husbands been selfish, sarcastic, and underemployed. But now Davids changed. Hes become a good person, tooreally good. Hes found a spiritual leader. He has become kind, soft-spoken, and earnest. Katie isnt sure if this is deeply felt conversion, a brain tumoror Davids most brilliantly vicious manipulation yet. Because shes finding it more and more difficult to live with Davidand with herself. From the "New York Times" bestselling author of "High Fidelity" and "About a Boy" comes a fearless and surprising novel of a modern marriage under the strain of trying to be "good." Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9781573229326