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Nick HornbySlamRomanSam ist 15 und sein Leben gerade ziemlich in Ordnung: Er hat ein paar neue Skateboardtricks gelernt, seine Mutter endlich ihren bloden Freund rausgeschmissen und dann gibt es da naturlich noch Alicia. Die ist der absolute Hammer und genauso in Sam verliebt wie er in sie. Doch auf einmal kommt alles anders als geplant: Alicia wird schwanger und Sam musste eigentlich im Eilverfahren erwachsen werden Nur im Taschenbuch: 50 Seiten Bonusmaterial von Nick Hornby! Der britische Bestsellerautor steht seinen Lesern in einem Interview Rede und Antwort und erzahlt in den Kurzgeschichten DER FAN und DER VIDEOREKORDER auf seine unnachahmliche Weise von ganz besonderen Momente, die ein Leben fur immer verandern. DER VIDEOREKORDER erscheint als Deutschlandpremiere erstmals und exklusiv in diesem Buch!

Ci sono coppie in perenne calma piatta. Annie e Duncan lo sanno bene. Convivono da quindici anni a Gooleness, torpida cittadina inglese sul mare, e la loro esistenza è scandita da qualche lettura in comune, l'uscita di un nuovo film, ogni tanto un concerto a Londra. Non hanno figli e nemmeno rischiano di averne, vista l'evanescenza della loro vita sessuale. Ma da un po' di tempo Annie prova un impellente desiderio di maternità, mentre Duncan non fa che coltivare la sua unica, ossessiva passione: Tucker Crowe, cantante cult americano sparito dalla scena musicale intorno alla metà degli anni Ottanta. La venerazione per Tucker, condivisa via Internet da qualche centinaio di adepti sparsi per il mondo, assorbe ogni istante delle sue giornate; e Annie comincia a chiedersi che senso abbia continuare una relazione che forse è stata solo una perdita di tempo. In questa quiete inamovibile, a Duncan arriva per posta una versione inedita dell'album più famoso di Tucker. È la scintilla che innesca una serie di eventi inaspettati, che porterà l'insoddisfatta Annie a conoscere Tucker in persona... Il nuovo romanzo di Nick Hornby si snoda sotto il binomio amore e musica, ma coglie anche in modo inatteso, originale, il tema della creatività e dei suoi alti e bassi, incarnato da questo ex musicista squattrinato in perpetua crisi, titanico esempio di fallito sentimentale.

Annie and Duncan are a mid-thirties couple who have reached a fork in the road, realising their shared interest in the reclusive musician Tucker Crowe (in Duncan's case, an obsession rather than an interest) is not enough to hold them together any more. When Annie hates Tucker's 'new release', a terrible demo of his most famous album, it's the last straw - Duncan cheats on her and she promptly throws him out. Via an internet discussion forum, Annie's harsh opinion reaches Tucker himself, who couldn't agree more. He and Annie start an unlikely correspondence which teaches them both something about moving on from years of wasted time. Nick Hornby's compelling new novel, four years after "A Long Way Down", is about the nature of creativity and obsession, and how two lonely people can gradually find each other.

Includes the script for major film "An Education", which presents the story of the bizarre relationship between 1960s teenager Jenny (played by Carey Mulligan) and older man David (Peter Sarsgaard), after she accepts a lift on her way home from music practice one day.

Annie and Duncan are a mid-thirties couple who have reached a fork in the road, realising their shared interest in the reclusive musician Tucker Crowe (in Duncan's case, an obsession as well as an academic career) is not enough to hold them together any more. When Annie hates Tucker's 'new release', a terrible demo of his most famous album, it's the last straw - Duncan cheats on her and she promptly chucks him. Via an internet discussion forum, Annie's harsh opinion reaches Tucker himself, who couldn't agree more. He and Annie start an unlikely correspondence which teaches them both something about moving on from years of wasted time. Nick Hornby's compelling new novel, four years after A Long Way Down, is about the nature of creativity and obsession, and how two lonely people can gradually find each other.

Une chronique hilarante et terriblement perspicace d un mariage ordinaire.

How to be Good is Nick Hornby''s hilarious bestselling novel on life, love and charity.''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.

High Fidelity is Nick Hornby''s hilarious and heart-breaking first novel bestsellerDo 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 TimesNick Hornby has captivated readers and achieved great critical acclaim for his comic, well-observed novels About a Boy, How to be Good, A Long Way Down (shortlisted for the Whitbread Award), Slam and Juliet, Naked. His three works of non-fiction, 31 Songs (shortlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award), Fever Pitch (winner of the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award) and The Complete Polysyllabic Spree are also available from Penguin.

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.