Before reading the book "Slam" by Nick Hornby

I`m looking forward to read "Slam" because I didn`t read any English books just now. As I was younger I read a few books in English on my own and in school we red three :
"They`re after us", "Rosso" and "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the night-Time".

The book is looking very interesting. The picture in the front let me think about what the book will tell me. On the back side the summary of the book make me being anxious to read "Slam". In my opinion this book is a good choice because it deals with problems of the youth. Maybe I will get some tips how I have to manage problems or I will think about that because of the book.

As for the rest I heard lots of meanings about the author Nick Hornby.
For example that he would write really good books and use the right language.
He would be also a No. 1 bestselling author.

I´m curious if I will like the book.