Nick Hornby

Rob Fleming está a punto de cumplir treinta y seis años y tiene una tienda de discos antiguos en el norte de Londres; una tienda entre cutre y chic donde sólo vende la música que le gusta a él. Y nada mas que vinilos, claro esta, aunque su negocio, destinado a un publico de serios coleccionistas de frivolidades, este siempre al borde de la bancarrota. Y ahora, ademas, Laura, su ultima y fantastica novia, le ha dejado. ¿Sera porque Rob parece empeñado en prolongar su adolescencia hasta la decrepitud o, como piensa el, porque su coleccion de discos y la de Laura eran incompatibles? Para consolarse, Rob se refugia en la compañia de Barry y Dick, sus inefables complices en la tienda, y juntos hacen innumerables y muy masculinas listas de los top del pop: las cinco mejores peliculas (que siempre incluyen Reservoir Dogs), los cinco mejores episodios de Cheers y las cinco mejores canciones de Elvis Costello... Y tambien comienza a salir con Marie, una cantante americana.Pareciera que por fin va a cumplir uno de sus sueños, tener una novia contratada por una discografica, hasta que reaparece Laura. Y aunque Rob creyera al principioo fingiera creerque esta ruptura sentimental no estaba entre las mas cruentas de su vida, que Laura no era digna de figurar en la lista de las cinco principales que le habian roto el corazon, muy pronto comenzara a hacerse preguntas, preguntas muy arduas, y las listas de los top del pop no bastaran para darles respuesta: preguntas sobre la familia, la monogamia, el amor y el desamor, la madurez. ¿Sera que por fin va a descubrir que tambien hay vida, y musica, despues de la adolescencia?Brillante. Una explicacion muy divertida, y muy precisa, de porque los hombres somos como somos (Harry Enfield,lndependent on Sunday).Son losriffsliterarios de Hornby sobre las humillaciones amorosas y las rupturas, dolorosamente veraces, los que hacen que este libro sea tan especial, una rara y conmovedora version del punto de vista de los hombres sobre los asuntos del corazon (Joanne Wilkinson,Booklist).Es extraño que un libro tan divertido sea a la vez tan agudo en su vision del sexo y la masculinidad, la memoria y la musica (The New Yorker).Hornby captura la soledad y el infantilismo de la vida de los adultos con precision e ingenio (Mark Jolly,The New York Times).Todos los que hayan pasado por ese momento vertiginoso, en que se toma la decision de embarcarse y hacer durar una relacion monogama, se deleitaran con la lectura de esta novela posmelancolica que celebra las virtudes de la risa (Catherine Argand,Lire).Alta fidelidad es uno de los pocos libros en mi vida que me sorprendio. Es tan original, y al mismo tiempo parece haber sido escrito de una manera tan poco premeditada... (Anne Tyler,New York Times Review of Books).Encantador, divertidisimo, un libro pop en el mejor sentido de la palabra. LeerAlta fidelidad es como escuchar un gran single. Te das cuenta de que es una maravilla desde las primeras notas, y cuando termina quieres escucharlo otra vez porque te hace sentir joven y tambien adulto, y te deja una inmensa sonrisa tonta en la cara. Si este libro fuera un disco, diriamos que es un clasico instantaneo. Porque eso es lo que es (Suzanne Moore,The Guardian).

In his eagerly awaited fourth novel, New York Times best-selling author Nick Hornby mines the hearts and psyches of four lost souls who connect just when they've reached the end of the line.

Nick Hornby's internationally bestselling first novel, available as a Penguin Essential for the first time. 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. 'It will give enormous pleasure at the same time as expanding in a small but worthwhile way, the range of English literature' Independent on Sunday '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

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.

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 (Reservoir Dogs...); top five Elvis Costello songs ("Alison"...); top five episodes of Cheers (the one where Woody sang his stupid song to Kelly...). Rob tries dating a singer whose rendition of "Baby, I Love Your Way" makes him cry. But maybe it's just that he's always wanted to sleep with someone who has a record contract. Then he sees Laura again. And Rob begins to think (awful as it sounds) that life as an episode of thirtysomething, with all the kids and marriages and barbecues and k.d. lang CD's that this implies, might not be so bad.

Nick Hornby's How To Be Good - part of the limited edition Pengiun Street Art series: timeless writing, enduring design. 'I am in a car park in Leeds when I tell my husband I don't want to be married to him any more...' London GP Katie Carr always thought she was a good person. With her husband David making a living as 'The Angriest Man in Holloway', she figured she could put up with anything. Until, that is, David meets DJ Goodnews and becomes a good person too. A far-too-good person who starts committing crimes of charity like taking in the homeless and giving their kids' toys away. Suddenly Katie's feeling very bad about herself, and thinking that if charity begins at home, then maybe its time to move...This laugh-out-loud novel, from the bestselling author of About a Boy and High Fidelity, will have you gripped from start to finish and will appeal to fans of David Nicholls and Jonathan Coe, as well as readers in need of a moral compass everywhere. "Pins you in your armchair ad won't let go...How to be Good? How to be bloody marvellous, more like". (Mail on Sunday). "It does exactly what it says on the cover. Hornby's prose is artful and effortless, his spiky wit as razored as a number-two cut". (Independent).

Will Freeman wants an easy life with no responsibilities. But then he meets Marcus an unusual twelve year old boy with serious problems. About a Boy is a modern classic a very funny story about a very serious subject: love. Its also a popular movie starring Hugh Grant.

El Rey –Elvis Presley– dijo una vez que la música es algo que te hace mover por dentro y por fuera. Nick Hornby escribe sobre las canciones que le hacen mover y le conmueven, las que amó alguna vez y

Aos onze anos, Nick Hornby foi levado pelo pai para ver um jogo do Arsenal pela primeira vez. O jovem, ento entristecido pela separaço recente dos pais e assolado pelas incertezas com relaço ao futuro da familia, ficou fascinado. Descobriu um lugar e uma comunidade que, como ele, no estava muito preocupada em se divertir, mas compartilhava algo bastante diverso: "O sofrimento como entretenimento era uma ideia completamente nova pra mim, e parecia ser alguma coisa pela qual eu estava esperando". Dali em diante, Hornby nunca mais deixou de assistir, no estadio ou na teve, a uma partida do Arsenal e atrelar aos sucessos e fracassos do time as respostas que buscava para a propria vida. Publicado originalmente em 1992, o livro se estrutura a partir de datas e placares de jogos ocorridos no intervalo de 24 anos, decadas que tambem marcaram a entrada gradual do autor na vida adulta e na literatura. O resultado so textos repletos de erudiço e memoria fotografica, humor e uma sensaço de que se esta lendo o relato de uma obsesso incuravel. Sem jamais cair num discurso esnobe - que diferencia os "pensadores" do futebol dos meros torcedores -, Hornby aborda com leveza e sinceridade temas espinhosos como a violencia nos estadios, o surgimento dos hooligans e as relaçes ambiguas entre cartolas e torcida. Como nos livros de ficço que viria a publicar mais tarde, aqui o autor ja aponta seu plano literario, marcado por protagonistas que demoram a se despedir da adolescencia para retardar a chegada a idade adulta, agarrando-se as expresses culturais de uma epoca que esta prestes a terminar. Febre de bola venceu o William Hill Sports Book of the Year em 1992 e, em 2006, foi incluido no kit especial do socio torcedor do Arsenal.

Rob é um sujeito perdido. Aos 35 anos, o rompimento com a namorada o leva a repensar todas as esferas da vida: relacionamento amoroso, profissão, amizades. Sua loja de discos está à beira da falência

Rob Fleming tiene una tienda de discos antiguos entre cutre y chic donde sólo vende la música que le gusta a él. Y nada más que vinilos, claro está, aunque su negocio, destinado a un público de serios coleccionistas de frivolidades, este siempre al borde de la bancarrota. Y ahora, ademas, Laura, su ultima novia, le ha dejado. ¿Sera porque Rob parece empeñado en prolongar su adolescencia hasta la decrepitud o, como piensa el, porque su coleccion de discos y la de Laura eran incompatibles? Para consolarse, Rob se refugia en la compañia de Barry y Dick, sus inefables complices en la tienda, y juntos hacen innumerables y muy masculinas listas de los top del pop: las cinco mejores peliculas, que siempre incluyen Reservoir Dogs, los cinco mejores episodios de Cheers y las cinco mejores canciones de Elvis Costello... Y tambien comienza a salir con Marie, una cantante americana. Pareciera que por fin va a cumplir uno de sus sueños, tener una novia contratada por una discografica, hasta que reaparece Laura. Y Rob muy pronto comenzara a hacerse preguntas muy arduas sobre la familia, la monogamia, el amor y el desamor, la madurez. ¿Sera que por fin va a descubrir que tambien hay vida, y musica, despues de la adolescencia?Brillante. Una explicacion muy divertida, y muy precisa, de por que los hombres somos como somos (Harry Enfield, Independent on Sunday).Son los riffs literarios de Hornby sobre las humillaciones amorosas y las rupturas, dolorosamente veraces, los que hacen que este libro sea tan especial, una rara y conmovedora version del punto de vista de los hombres sobre los asuntos del corazon (Joanne Wilkinson, Booklist).Es extraño que un libro tan divertido sea a la vez tan agudo en su vision del sexo y la masculinidad, la memoria y la musica (The New Yorker).Todos los que hayan pasado por ese momento vertiginoso, en que se toma la decision de embarcarse y hacer durar una relacion monogama, se deleitaran con la lectura de esta novela posmelancolica que celebra las virtudes de la risa (Catherine Argand, Lire).Uno de los pocos libros en mi vida que me sorprendio. Es tan original, y al mismo tiempo parece haber sido escrito de una manera tan poco premeditada... (Anne Tyler, New York Times Review of Books).Encantador, divertidisimo, un libro pop en el mejor sentido de la palabra. Leer Alta fidelidad es como escuchar un gran single. Te das cuenta de que es una maravilla desde las primeras notas, y cuando termina quieres escucharlo otra vez porque te hace sentirte joven y tambien adulto, y te deja una inmensa sonrisa tonta en la cara. Si este libro fuera un disco, diriamos que es un clasico instantaneo. Porque eso es lo que es (Suzanne Moore, The Guardian).

31 Songs is best-selling author Nicky Hornby s ultimate desert island disks. Through thirty-one songs that he either loves or has loved, Nick Hornby tells us what music means to his life. These personal and passionate pieces - refreshingly free of pretension - are a celebration of the joy that certain songs have given him. Together with additional writings on music from his column in the new Yorker - seen in the UK for the first time - 31 Songs is for Hornby what many of us have always wanted: a soundtrack to accompany life. Winner of The National Book Critics Circle award, this funny and touchingly personal book, from the author of the million-copy number one bestseller About A Boy , is a must for music fans everywhere. Original, well written and wholly lacking in pretension .as good a book about pop music as I have read in many years and the most accomplished of Hornby s books so far . ( Spectator ). Funny, provocative, immensely readable. It is not simply about music .it is about Hornby, and us, and about being alive. His enthusiasm is such that he makes me want to be a better listener - and I can offer no better compliment. A triumph . (Tim Lott, Evening Standard ). Refreshing, candid, very moving. Reminds you why you loved music before you knew enough to explain your love away . (Uncut). Nick Hornby has captivated readers and achieved widespread critical acclaim for his brilliantly observed comic books High Fidelity , How to be Good , A Long Way Down (shortlisted for the Whitbread Award), Slam , Juliet , Naked and his autobiographical Fever Pitch (winner of the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award).

A Long Way Down - Nick Hornby s hilarious bestseller now a major motion picture starring Pierce Brosnan. Can I explain why I wanted to jump off the top of a tower block? For disgraced TV presenter Martin Sharp the answer s pretty simple: he has, in his own words, pissed his life away . And on New Year s Eve he s going to end it all .but not, as it happens, alone. Because first single-mum Maureen, then eighteen-year-old Jess and lastly American rock-god JJ turn up and crash Martin s private party. They ve stolen his idea - but brought their own reasons. Yet it s hard to jump when you ve got an audience queuing impatiently behind you. A few heated words and some slices if cold pizza later and these four strangers are suddenly allies. But is their unlikely friendship a good enough reason to carry on living? Shortlisted for the 2005 Whitbread Award and the Commonwealth Writers Prize, A Long Way Down is a darkly hilarious and moving novel by bestselling author Nick Hornby. If you like Jonathan Coe, David Sedaris and David Nicholls, you will love this book. A page-turning plot and rich, funny characters with several big laughs on every page.Hornby s best yet . (Literary Review). Hornby s best novel to date, impossible to put down.how can an examination of four people s anguish be so enthralling? (Ruth Rendell, Guardian). Masterful.some of the finest writing, and some of the most outstanding characters I ve ever had the pleasure of reading . (Johnny Depp). Nick Hornby has captivated readers and achieved widespread critical acclaim for his comic, well-observed novels About a Boy, How to be Good, Juliet, Naked, Slam and High Fidelity.

Contains: Fever Pitch, A Long Way Down, High Fidelity, Juliet Naked, How to Be Good and About A Boy.

From the " New York Times" bestselling author--the shooting script to his award-winning film, with an original Introduction and vivid stills from the movie. Jenny is a 16-year-old girl stifled by the tedium of adolescence; she can't wait for her sophisticated adult life to begin. One rainy day her suburban existence is upended by the arrival of David, a much older suitor who introduces her to a glittering new world of concerts, art, smoky bars, urban nightlife, and his glamorous friends, replacing her traditional education with his own version. It could be her awakening--or her undoing. This edition of Hornby's adapted screenplay, which includes stills from the film, is a perfect accompaniment to the highly anticipated movie, which stars Carey Mulligan as Jenny, Peter Sarsgaard, Emma Thompson, Dominic Cooper, and Alfred Molina. It is a must-have for fans of Hornby's novels, featuring his signature pitch-perfect dialogue, mordant wit, and the resonant humanity of his writing. Watch a Video

Funny Girl - the much-anticipated new novel by Nick Hornby, the million-copy bestselling author of About a Boy.Make them laugh, and they''re yours forever...It''s the swinging 60s and the nation is mesmerized by unlikely comedy star Sophie Straw, the former Blackpool beauty queen who just wants to make people laugh, like her heroine Lucille Ball. Behind the scenes, the cast and crew are having the time of their lives. But when the script begins to get a bit too close to home, and life starts imitating art, they all face a choice. The writers, Tony and Bill, comedy obsessives, each harbour a secret.The Oxbridge-educated director, Dennis, loves his job but hates his marriage. The male star Clive, feels he''s destined for better things. And Sophie Straw, who''s changed her name and abandoned her old life, must decide whether to keep going, or change the channel. Nick Hornby''s new novel is about popular culture, youth and old age, fame, class and teamwork. It offers a wonderfully captivating portrait of youthful exuberance and creativity, and of a period when both were suddenly allowed to flourish.Fans of Hornby will love this book, as will readers of David Nicholls, Mark Haddon and William Boyd.Nick Hornby is the author of five bestselling novels (High Fidelity, About a Boy, How To Be Good, A Long Way Down and Juliet, Naked), a novel for young adults, Slam, and four works of acclaimed non-fiction: Fever Pitch, 31 Songs, The Complete Polysyllabic Spree and Stuff I''ve Been Reading. A Long Way Down, About a Boy, High Fidelity and Fever Pitch have all been made into major films. He also wrote the screenplay for the Oscar-nominated An Education, and is currently writing screenplays for Cheryl Strayed''s Wild, starring Reese Witherspoon, and Colm Toibin''s Brooklyn.

Regne Unit, decada de 1960. Barbara Parker es presenta al concurs de Miss Blackpool, una petita ciutat costanera del comtat de Lancashire. Pero, fan de Lucille Ball, somia deixar enrere la vida provinciana i convertir-se en actriu. Sen va a Londres, treballa un temps en uns grans magatzems, aconsegueix un representant, es presenta a un casting de la BBC i acaba convertint-se en la protagonista duna teleserie humoristica sobre una parella. La novel·la segueix la carrera ascendent de la Barbara i els seus conflictes, i retrata les bambolines de la creacio de la comedia televisiva a traves de les persones implicades: els guionistes que es van coneixer en una comissaria despres de ser detinguts en uns lavabos publics, lactor coprotagonista convençut que pot apuntar mes amunt, el productor educat en les millors universitats i enamorat de lactriu protagonista... Amb el Swinging London com a rerefons, Nick Hornby ret homenatge i recrea amb precisio la cultura popular que sempre lha fascinat. A traves de lactriu protagonista i el personatge que interpreta a la petita pantalla, Funny Girl estableix paral·lelismes i contrastos entre la realitat i la ficcio, i retrata les virtuts i les debilitats humanes dun repertori de personatges entranyables que es mouen davant i darrere de les cameres. Una novel·la divertida, d...

Funny Girl - the much-anticipated new novel by Nick Hornby, the million-copy bestselling author of About a Boy.Make them laugh, and they''re yours forever...It''s the swinging 60s and the nation is mesmerized by unlikely comedy star Sophie Straw, the former Blackpool beauty queen who just wants to make people laugh, like her heroine Lucille Ball. Behind the scenes, the cast and crew are having the time of their lives. But when the script begins to get a bit too close to home, and life starts imitating art, they all face a choice. The writers, Tony and Bill, comedy obsessives, each harbour a secret.The Oxbridge-educated director, Dennis, loves his job but hates his marriage. The male star Clive, feels he''s destined for better things. And Sophie Straw, who''s changed her name and abandoned her old life, must decide whether to keep going, or change the channel. Nick Hornby''s new novel is about popular culture, youth and old age, fame, class and teamwork. It offers a wonderfully captivating portrait of youthful exuberance and creativity, and of a period when both were suddenly allowed to flourish.Fans of Hornby will love this book, as will readers of David Nicholls, Mark Haddon and William Boyd.Nick Hornby is the author of five bestselling novels (High Fidelity, About a Boy, How To Be Good, A Long Way Down and Juliet, Naked), a novel for young adults, Slam, and four works of acclaimed non-fiction: Fever Pitch, 31 Songs, The Complete Polysyllabic Spree and Stuff I''ve Been Reading. A Long Way Down, About a Boy, High Fidelity and Fever Pitch have all been made into major films. He also wrote the screenplay for the Oscar-nominated An Education, and is currently writing screenplays for Cheryl Strayed''s Wild, starring Reese Witherspoon, and Colm Toibin''s Brooklyn.

Whoever invented skateboarding is a genius. There's only one skater, and his name's Tony Hawk. It doesn't matter if you don't know who he is, just trust me. Not only is Hawk the world's best skater, he's also good to talk to. So I talk to Tony Hawk, and Tony Hawk talks back.