Slam
Nick Hornby
<p><i>Slam</i> is a hilarious coming-of-age novel by bestselling author Nick Hornby</p><p></p><p>'There was this time when everything seemed to have come together. And so obviously it was time to go and screw it all up.'</p><p></p><p>Sam is sixteen and a skater. Just so there are no terrible misunderstandings: skating = skateboarding. There's no ice. Life is ticking along nicely for Sam; his Mum's got rid of her rubbish boyfriend, he's thinking about college and he's met someone. Alicia.</p><p></p><p>Then a little accident happens. One with big consequences for someone just finding his way in life. Sam can't run (let alone skate) away from this one. He's a boy facing a man's problems and the question is - has he got what it takes to confront them?</p><p></p><p><i>Slam,</i> from the acclaimed author of <i>About a Boy </i>and<i> High Fidelity</i> is a teenage novel about a boy who has to grow up in big, big hurry. It is The <i>Catcher in the Rye</i> for the 21st...