About a Boy: kapitelresuméer og revisionsspørgsmål

Marcus intro- relationship with mum/splitting up with Roger.

Will intro- How cool Will thinks he is/visits John and Christine/not fit to be a godparent.

Marcus- fears and insecurities/bullied at school/singing in class.

Will- meeting Angie/begins his interest in single mothers.

Marcus- mum’s (Fiona) depression/isolated at school- other misfits don’t like negative attention Marcus brings.

Will- SPAT/the hunt for single, attractive mums/pretending he is a father (invents Ned)/meeting Suzie.

Marcus – we discover Marcus’s dad has a new girlfriend (Lindsay)/ The newsagent incident (bullied again)/Fiona’s depression becomes worse/Marcus is told he has to go on a picnic with Suzie (Fiona’s close friend).

Will and Marcus meet on the SPAT picnic/Will tries to be cool but Marcus figures him out immediately.

The dead duck incident and Fiona’s attempted suicide.

Will’s view –immediate aftermath of suicide. (V. brief).

Marcus finds the suicide note. He becomes even more protective of his mum,

Will’s lifestyle is explored further. Suzie phones Will and he offers to help out. The get-together is arranged between Will and Marcus. Marcus begins his plot to get his mum hooked up with Will (as he believes a relationship will end the worries about further suicide attempts).

Marcus matchmaking – Planet Hollywood then Will’s posh restaurant ‘28’.