This is the second volume in an annual series that celebrates writing about music and its culture from a specific year. Selected by Nick Hornby from the year 2001 it covers a range of contemporary music styles. He has chosen pieces from an array of sources on topics from hip-hop on ecstasy and Cuban rappers to The Lion Sleeps Tonight and MerleFest. The writers featured include veterans as well as new talents such as: Courtney Love; Camden Joy; Rick Moody; Anthony DeCurtis; William Gay; Gary Giddins; M. Doughty; Eddie Dean; Richard Meltzer; Whitney Balliett; David Bowman; Ann Powers; and Chuck...
This is the second volume in an annual series that celebrates writing about music and its culture from a specific year. Selected by Nick Hornby from t...
All I have to say about these songs is that I love them, and want to sing along to them, and force other people to listen to them, and get cross when these other people don t like them as much as I do. Nick Hornby, from Songbook A wise and hilarious collection from the bestselling author of Funny Girl, About a Boy, and High Fidelity.
Songs, songwriters, and why and how they get under our skin
Songbook is Nick Hornby s labor of love. A shrewd, funny, and completely unique collection of musings on pop music, why it s...
All I have to say about these songs is that I love them, and want to sing along to them, and force other people to listen to them, and get c...
From the bestselling author of Funny Girl, About a Boy, and A Long Way Down, a wise and hilarious novel about love, heartbreak, and rock and roll. Rob is a pop music junkie who runs his own semi-failing record store. His girlfriend, Laura, has just left him for the guy upstairs, and Rob is both miserable and relieved. After all, could he have spent his life with someone who has a bad record collection? Rob seeks refuge in the company of the offbeat clerks at his store, who endlessly review their top five films; top five Elvis Costello songs; top five episodes of...
From the bestselling author of Funny Girl, About a Boy, and A Long Way Down, a wise and hilarious novel about love, heartbreak, and ...
A brilliant memoir from the beloved, bestselling author of Funny Girl, High Fidelity and About A Boy. In America, it is soccer. But in Great Britain, it is the real football. No pads, no prayers, no prisoners. And that's before the players even take the field. Nick Hornby has been a football fan since the moment he was conceived. Call it predestiny. Or call it preschool. Fever Pitch is his tribute to a lifelong obsession. Part autobiography, part comedy, part incisive analysis of insanity, Hornby's award-winning memoir captures the fever pitch of...
A brilliant memoir from the beloved, bestselling author of Funny Girl, High Fidelity and About A Boy. In America, it is socc...
A wise, hilarious novel from the beloved, award-winning author of Funny Girl, High Fidelity and A Long Way Down.
Will Freeman may have discovered the key to dating success: If the simple fact that they were single mothers meant that gorgeous women women who would not ordinarily look twice a Will might not only be willing, but enthusiastic about dating him, then he was really onto something. Single mothers bright, attractive, available women thousands of them, were all over London. He just had to find them. SPAT: Single Parents Alone Together. It was a...
A wise, hilarious novel from the beloved, award-winning author of Funny Girl, High Fidelity and A Long Way Down.
Compiled by bestselling author Nick Hornby and featuring brand new stories from the hottest writers on both sides of the Atlantic, Speaking with the Angel is a fresh and funny collection that is sure to be the literary anthology of the year.
Here is a book that was inspired by a very special boy and a very special school. Some money from each copy of Speaking with the Angel sold will benefit...
The #1 New York Times bestseller from the beloved, award-winning author of Funny Girl, High Fidelity, and About A Boy. For 16-year-old Sam, life is about to get extremely complicated. He and his girlfriend make that ex-girlfriend Alicia have gotten themselves into a bit of trouble. Sam is suddenly forced to grow up and struggle with the familiar fears and inclinations that haunt us all. Nick Hornby s poignant and witty novel shows a rare and impressive understanding of human relationships and what it really means to be a man."
The #1 New York Times bestseller from the beloved, award-winning author of Funny Girl, High Fidelity, and About A Boy.
A funny and frank story about a mother and her colorful son. It's bad enough for a mother to discover that her son is a porn star, even worse when the nosy neighbors know first. When Lynn sees her son Mark in an adult film she is forced to ask many difficult questions. How well does she know her son? Where did he get his obvious talent? And how will she tell his father? There are some things a mother should never know...
A funny and frank story about a mother and her colorful son. It's bad enough for a mother to discover that her son is a porn star, even worse when the...
This volume contains the script for major new film 'An Education', the story of the bizarre relationship between 1960s teenager Jenny and older man David, after she accepts a lift on her way home from music practice one day.
This volume contains the script for major new film 'An Education', the story of the bizarre relationship between 1960s teenager Jenny and older man Da...
The #1New York Timesbestseller from the beloved, award-winning author ofFunny Girl, High Fidelity, andAbout A Boy. For 16-year-old Sam, life is about to get extremely complicated. He and his girlfriend make that ex-girlfriend Alicia have gotten themselves into a bit of trouble. Sam is suddenly forced to grow up and struggle with the familiar fears and inclinations that haunt us all. Nick Hornby s poignant and witty novel shows a rare and impressive understanding of human relationships and what it really means to be a man."
The #1New York Timesbestseller from the beloved, award-winning author ofFunny Girl, High Fidelity, andAbout A Boy. For...
