Nick Hornby

In his monthly accounts of what he's read - along with what he may one day read - Nick Hornby brilliantly explores everything from the classic to the graphic novel, as well as poems, plays, sports books and other kinds of non-fiction. If he occasionally implores a biographer for brevity, or abandons a literary work in …

With an affectionate introduction by Sarah Vowell, this is the third and final collection of columns by celebrated novelist Nick Hornby from The Believer magazine. Hornby's monthly reading diary is unlike any arts column in any other publication; it discusses cultural artifacts the way they actually exist in people's …

Housekeeping vs. The Dirt is a 2006 collection of essays from The Believer written by Nick Hornby. It follows on from another collection of columns from the same magazine entitled The Polysyllabic Spree.

Speaking with the Angel is a collection of short stories edited by Nick Hornby and published by Riverhead Trade in 2001. Featuring stories from twelve established writers, the book acted as a fundraising effort for TreeHouse, a charity school for severely autistic children in London where Hornby's son was a student. …

“All I have to say about these songs is that I love them, and want to sing along to them, and force other people to listen to them, and get cross when these other people don’t like them as much as I do.” —Nick Hornby, from Songbook Songs, songwriters, and why and how they get under our skin… Songbook is Nick …

The Polysyllabic Spree is a 2004 collection of Nick Hornby's "Stuff I've Been Reading" columns in The Believer. The book collates his columns from September 2003 to November 2004, inclusive. It also includes excerpts from such authors as Anton Chekhov and Charles Dickens. In it, Hornby lists the books he bought each …

Kiedy w zyciu Sama wszystko zaczyna sie ukladac okazuje sie ze jego dziewczyna Alicia ma dla niego prawdziwa bombe W zasadzie byla dziewczyna zdazyli bowiem zerwac zanim mu powiedziala ze jest w ciazy Sam nie chce zostac nastoletnim ojcem Jedynym czlowiekiem do ktorego moze sie zwrocic jest jego idol legenda …

Nick Hornby returns to his roots-music and messy relationships-in this funny and touching new novel which 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 which …

Futbolowa gorączka – wydana w 1992 roku autobiograficzna książka autorstwa brytyjskiego pisarza Nicka Hornby'ego. Na jej podstawie nakręcono dwa filmy: w 1997 roku brytyjska Miłość kibica w 2005 roku amerykańska Miłosna zagrywka W Futbolowej gorączce Hornby opowiada o sobie nie jako o zwykłym człowieku, lecz kibicu …

A wise and hilarious novel from the bestselling author of Funny Girl, High Fidelity, and About a Boy.A brutally truthful, compassionate novel about the heart, mind, and soul of a woman who, confronted by her husband’s sudden and extreme spiritual conversion, is forced to learn “how to be good”—whatever that means, and …