High Fidelity by Nick Hornby - ISBN: 9780241981214
Paperback
Record shop owner catalogs love and loss with obsessive wit.

High Fidelity

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  • Paperback

    256 pages

  • Release Date

    15 June 2017

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Summary

Nick Hornby’s internationally bestselling first novel, available as a Penguin Essential for the first time.

Nick Hornby’s first novel, an international bestseller and instantly recognized by critics and readers alike as a classic, helps to explain men to women, and men to men. Rob is good on music—he owns a small record shop and has strong views on what’s decent and what isn’t. But he’s much less good on relationships. In fact, he’s not at all sure that he wants to commit himself to a…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780241981214
ISBN-10:0241981212
Author:Nick Hornby
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:Penguin Books Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:256
Release Date:15 June 2017
Weight:147g
Dimensions:182mm x 112mm x 15mm
Series:Penguin Essentials
What They're Saying

Critics Review

An instant classic

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 *
Fast, fun, and remarkably deft: a sharp-edged portrait that manages at once to be vicious, generous, and utterly good-natured * Kirkus Reviews *

About The Author

Nick Hornby

Nick Hornby is the bestselling author of nine novels, including High Fidelity, About a Boy, and Just Like You, as well as several works of nonfiction including Fever Pitch. His books have sold over 3.5 million copies in the UK, and many have been turned into successful films and TV series. He has been Oscar-nominated twice for his screenplays, and his TV work has won three Emmys. His work has been translated into more than 40 languages. He lives in London.

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