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Chapter Plot, Characters, Setting ...
1 Marcus, a 12-year-old boy is introduced, who lives alone with his mother Fiona in London. They have just moved from Cambridge. His parents are separated and Fiona has just split up with her ex-boyfriend. The reader is informed about Marcus’ life before and after the separation.
2 Will Freeman is a 36-year-old single who lives in London. He isn’t really grown-up yet and he doesn’t have to work, because he gets enough money from the royalties of a popular Christmas carol his father once wrote.Besides, he is not the family type. He doesn’t like children and doesn’t want to get married. Will cares very much for his outward appearance. He thinks that his appearance impresses women and makes him interesting for them. Will thinks about himself as being very cool. This is proven by a questionnaire in a magazine, the result of which says that Will’s coolness quotient is even “sub-zero”.
3 Marcus is different from normal kids. He looks different and behaves differently from other children. Marcus is very shy and doesn’t have any friends.
He doesn’t seem to be “ right” for school, because of his clothes and his haircut.Therefore, nobody likes him. He is always the person to laugh at. Quite often, at night Marcus can’t sleep. He thinks about his life and his problems especially at school.One morning, at school, while the teacher tries to get a discussion going, Marcus suddenly starts singing out loud. He does this whenever he is nervous. The other students shriek with laughter.
4 Will meets his new girl-friend Angie, a single mother with two children.Though he doesn’t like children, he doesn’t mind going on an outing with them from time to time and, above all, he likes having sex with Angie.
However, it is Angie who finishes the relationship because of her “situation”. At this point, Will develops an interest in single mothers, because they are easy to...
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