High Fidelity - Softcover

Hornby, Nick

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0241969816 ISBN 13: 9780241969816

Publisher: Penguin, 2014

Synopsis

THE MILLION-COPY INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER

'An instant classic' Guardian
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Do you know your desert-island, all-time, top five most memorable split-ups?

Rob does. He keeps a list, in fact. But Laura isn't on it - even though she's just become his latest ex. He's got his life back, you see. He can just do what he wants when he wants: like listen to whatever music he likes, look up the girls that are on his list, and generally behave as if Laura never mattered. But Rob finds he can't move on. He's stuck in a really deep groove - and it's called Laura. Soon, he's asking himself some big questions: about love, about life - and about why we choose to share ours with the people we do.

A million-copy bestseller, and adapted into a 2000 film starring John Cusack, High Fidelity explores the world of break-ups, make-ups and what it is to be in love. This astutely observed and wickedly funny book will be enjoyed by readers of David Nicholls and William Boyd, and by generations of readers to come.

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'Leaves you believing not only in the redemptive power of music but above all the redemptive power of love. Funny and wise, sweet and true' Independent

'A triumphant first novel. True to life, very funny and moving' Financial Times

'Extremely cleverly observed' Mail on Sunday

About this title

Review:

It has been said often enough that baby boomers are a television generation, but High Fidelity reminds that in a way they are the record-album generation as well. This hilarious novel is obsessed with music; Hornby's narrator is an early thirtysomething bloke who runs a London record store. He sells albums recorded the old-fashioned way--on vinyl--and is having a tough time making other transitions as well, specifically to adulthood. The book is in one sense a love story, both sweet and interesting; most entertaining, though, are the hilarious arguments over arcane matters of pop music. --Christine Buttery

Review:

Leaves you believing not only in the redemptive power of music but above all the redemptive power of love (Indepedent)

A triumphant first novel. True to life and moving (Financial Times)

Extremely cleverly observed (Mail on Sunday)

An instant classic (Guardian)

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0241969816
• ISBN 13: 9780241969816
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256