Juliet, Naked - Softcover

Hornby, Nick

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1594484775 ISBN 13: 9781594484773

Publisher: Riverhead Books, 2010

Synopsis

From the beloved New York Times- bestselling author, a quintessential Nick Hornby tale of music, superfandom, and the truths and lies we tell ourselves about life and love. Now a major motion picture starring Ethan Hawke.

Nick Hornby returns to his roots--music and messy relationships--in this funny and touching novel that thoughtfully and sympathetically looks at how lives can be wasted but how they are never beyond redemption. Annie lives in a dull town on England's bleak east coast and is in a relationship with Duncan that mirrors the place; Tucker, once a brilliant songwriter and performer, has gone into seclusion in rural America--or at least that's what his fans think. Duncan is obsessed with Tucker's work to the point of derangement, and when Annie dares to go public on her dislike of his latest album, there are quite unexpected, life-changing consequences for all three.

Nick Hornby uses this intriguing canvas to explore why it is we so often let the early promise of relationships, ambition, and indeed life, evaporate. And he comes to some surprisingly optimistic conclusions about the struggle to live up to one's promise.

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Review:

"Charming... Nobody captures the zealous devotion and bizarre intensity of amateur music snobs better." --The Washington Post

"Hornby seems, as ever, fascinated by the power of music to guide the heart, and in this very funny, very charming novel, he makes you see it matters." --The New York Times Book Review

"Rich and perceptive." --The Wall Street Journal

From the Back Cover:

'Hornby's best novel to date' Spectator

'Sharply funny, touching' Daily Telegraph

Annie's put fifteen years into safe, slightly obsessive Duncan, and now she'd like her money back, please. It's time to move on. But she lives in Gooleness, the north's answer to a question nobody asked. Is she really going to find real, proper, feel-it-deep-down-in-your-boots love on a damp and windy sea-front? Or perhaps she should follow her heart and pursue Tucker, the reclusive American rock star, who keeps emailing her his smart advice.

But between Annie and her second chance lie a few obstacles. There's Malcolm the world's most judgmental therapist and Barnesy, the north's most extrovert dancer. There's what men and women will do and won't do for love. And, of course, there's Tucker . . .

Hilarious and tender, Juliet, Naked will move you in ways both profound and surprising. It is Nick Hornby at his brilliant best.

'Profoundly affecting, wise, humane, witty. A return to the groove of High Fidelity' Independent

'Pitch-perfect' Observer

'Funny, a comic delight . . . it's good to have him back' Evening Standard

About this edition

• Publisher: Riverhead Books
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1594484775
• ISBN 13: 9781594484773
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 416