” Mengapa banyak lelaki berselingkuh? karena mereka punya kesempatan. Berselingkuh juga berarti seks tanpa komitmen. dan nikmatnya seks tanpa komitmen jangan pernah di anggap remeh. yang kulakukan sekarang adalah seks tanpa kominten yang tersedia di depan mata. itulah yang paling menarik bagiku. ”
Maka Harry Silver pun berselingkuh. cuma sekali. tapi apakah kalau cuma sekali, cuma semalam, bisa dimaafkan dan dilupakan begitu saja?
” Aku suka padamu karena kau tegar tapi tidak keras kepala. Aku suka padamu karena kau menolak diperlakukan semena-mena oleh kaum pria, tapi kau meninggalkan negerimu demi seorang pria karena kau anggap dia belahan jiwamu ”
” Kau tau laki-laki makhluk brengsek, namun kau tetap ingin menemukan seorang laki-laki untuk berbagi hidup dengannya ”
Usianya 29 tahun, menjelang 30 tahun dan Harry pun sudah memiliki segalanya : istri yang cantik, putra yang tampan, pekerjaan yang bergengsi di televisi. namun perselingkuhannya 
semalam sudah cukup untuk membuat ia kehilangan segalanya. dan ia pun harus mempelajari lagi apa sebenarnya arti cinta dan kehidupan.
” novel dengan judul MAN AND BOY by TONY PARSONS adalah novel yang sangat mendalam dan sangat layak untuk di baca, karena saya sendiri baru selesai membacanya ”
Man and Boy - Tony Parsons
A wonderful book from start to finish that incorporates the difficulties of broken families from mistakes - Harry’s one night stand - and the unfairness of life that breaks families up - the death of Harry’s father.
It is blatant that Harry adores his father - although he does not say it. He is constantly looking to his father for guidance, respect and acceptance and hopes his own son, Pat, will do the same to him. However, when the seemingly unstoppable man falls ill, Harry’s life is in dissaray. His wife is in Japan - leaving him to hold down a job and look after his son. Harry is devestated to discover his father has lung cancer and watches his hero slip away into the depths of a “morphine fog” as he is sedated. Soon, he passes over and Harry’s mother is left to deal with the death of her beloved husband and she has to try to forge a smile on her face to keep Pat from hurting.
‘Man and Boy’ is a novel that includes everything from marriage to child birth; one-night stands to new love and new beginnings and old memories… There is nothing about the novel that screams “fake” or “unbelievable” and it is easy to discuss the issues and themes within the book as they are recurring themes in today’s society.