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Rob Fleming, the owner of a record store, and his employees live in a hilarious male world of movies, television, sports, and, most important of all, music. Forever making lis...Read more
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High Fidelity by Nick Hornby (1996, Paperback)
Author: Nick HornbyPublisher: Riverhead BooksLanguage: English
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Rob Fleming, the owner of a record store, and his employees live in a hilarious male world of movies, television, sports, and, most important of all, music. Forever making lists of their favorite pieces of pop-culture, they live in an abortive state of perpetual boyishness, refusing to face the grim realities of adulthood. But when Rob's girlfriend Laura leaves him, he starts to wonder if his priorities in life might need reexamining, and that happiness might not always come from a Lemonheads album. Filled with knowing and pitch-perfect riffs on masculinity, music, love, and culture, HIGH FIDELITY is a hip and witty snapshot of life at the end of the 20th century and just prior to middle-age.
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Follows the life, love affairs, and belated growth to maturity of Rob, a "Generation X" pop music fanatic and record store owner. Reprint.
Follows the love affairs and belated growing up of a "Generation X" pop music fanatic and record store owner
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"More than depicting pop music fandom, HIGH FIDELITY is about love, and about the ways in which music (and film, books, and art) affect our experiences of real-life love....This self-consciousness grants HIGH FIDELITY a certain profundity, and heightens its readers' pleasure....[A] supremely satisfying read....Hornby portrays relationships with honesty and without sentimentality....Although [it] is a trip through territory that in real life is mundane, depressing, and trite--modern love and popular music--the novel is anything but."
San Francisco Review of Books - Molly Gould
"Mr. Hornby captures the loneliness and childishness of adult life with such precision and with that you'll find yourself nodding and smiling....HIGH FIDELITY fills you with the same sensation you get from hearing a debut record album that has more charm and verve than anything you can recall."
New York Times Book Review - Mark Jollly (09/03/1995)
Rob Fleming, the owner of a record store, and his employees live in a hilarious male world of movies, television, sports, and, most important of all, music. Forever making lists of their favorite pieces of pop-culture, they live in an abortive state of perpetual boyishness, refusing to face the grim realities of adulthood. But when Rob's girlfriend Laura leaves him, he starts to wonder if his priorities in life might need reexamining, and that happiness might not always come from a Lemonheads album. Filled with knowing and pitch-perfect riffs on masculinity, music, love, and culture, HIGH FIDELITY is a hip and witty snapshot of life at the end of the 20th century and just prior to middle-age.
| Key Details | |
| Author: | Nick Hornby |
| Language: | English |
| Publisher: | Riverhead Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| ISBN-10: | 1573225517 |
| ISBN-13: | 9781573225519 |
| Size | |
| Thickness: | 0.8 in |
| Weight: | 10.4 oz |
Publisher's Note
Follows the life, love affairs, and belated growth to maturity of Rob, a "Generation X" pop music fanatic and record store owner. Reprint.
Follows the love affairs and belated growing up of a "Generation X" pop music fanatic and record store owner
Industry Reviews
San Francisco Review of Books - Molly Gould
New York Times Book Review - Mark Jollly (09/03/1995)
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What's amazing about this book is that it tells the story of guy who is a total jerk - he sleeps around and cheats with his girlfriend, but instead of hating him, you don't. It's a novel about Rob, a thirty-something record shop owner, written in his point of view, and telling us about his travails on relationships, dating, women and music.
As Rob narrates his musings about life, love and music, you get to understand how he is and why he does the stupid things he does. The explains it with such honesty and wit, that makes it an engaging and fun read. It’s one of the few books that made me laugh out loud in some parts and Rob’s top lists are quite interesting as he goes over his top 5 favorite songs to his top 5 breakups.
It’s a must read for any woman who wants to understand the a typical guy’s psyche and for guys – its something that you can definitely relate to.
As Rob narrates his musings about life, love and music, you get to understand how he is and why he does the stupid things he does. The explains it with such honesty and wit, that makes it an engaging and fun read. It’s one of the few books that made me laugh out loud in some parts and Rob’s top lists are quite interesting as he goes over his top 5 favorite songs to his top 5 breakups.
It’s a must read for any woman who wants to understand the a typical guy’s psyche and for guys – its something that you can definitely relate to.
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) This book is probably the best book written about this subject. It perfectly captures every aspect of the modern relationship in a way that makes you hopeful and incredibly sad at the same time. This book also spawned the best John Cusack movie ever.
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I used this book for a paper in my Literature and film class. I think the movie and book are great!!! I really think the film portrayed very well each character but I really suggest you read it before watching the film. :D
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I loved this book. Nick Hornby's writing is poignant and very often laugh-out-loud hilarious. A must-read.
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