![]() ![]() ![]() 'Leaves you believing not only in the redemptive power of music but above all the redemptive power of love. 'If this book was a record, we would be calling it an instant classic. My wife, Lisa, gave this one to me to read after she was done with it, and I brought it on a trip we took to Palm Springs. On the list of the top five books that have been on my Reading List the longest, High Fidelity by Nick Hornby was number one. 'Extremely cleverly observed' Mail on Sunday Book Review: High Fidelity by Nick Hornby. True to life, very funny and moving' Financial Times He is also the author of Songbook, a finalist for a National Book Critics Circle Award, Shakespeare Wrote for Money, and The Polysyllabic Spree, as well as the editor of the short-story collection Speaking. ![]() ![]() A must for readers of David Nicholls and music geeks everywhere! Nick Hornby is the author of the novels A Long Way Down, Slam, How to Be Good, High Fidelity, and About a Boy, and the memoir Fever Pitch. But soon, he's asking himself some big questions: about relationships, about life and about his own self-destructive tendencies.Īstutely observed and wickedly funny, Nick Hornby's cult classic explores love, loss and the need for a good playlist. 'One of my favourite novels' Zoë Kravitz in Vultureĭo you know your desert-island, all-time, top five most memorable break-ups? Rob does.īut Laura isn't on it - even though she's just become his latest ex.įinding he can't get over Laura, record-store owner Rob decides to revisit his relationship top hits to figure out what went wrong. In as funny, compulsive and contemporary a first novel as you could wish for (GQ), a young pop music junkie finds that his myriad diversions after the breakup. THE MILLION-COPY INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER & SOURCE OF THE 2020 HULU SERIES ![]()
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