New Releases by Nick Hornby

Las punzantes conversaciones de un matrimonio en crisis. Nick Hornby escruta los conflictos de pareja con grandes dosis de ingenio. Cada semana, Tom y Louise tienen una cita en un pub londinense antes de su sesión de terapia de pareja. Su relación parecía ir bien hasta que un desliz generó grietas y afloraron las tensiones. Ahora están intentando reconducir la situación, en un intento de salvar un matrimonio de quince años que les ha dado dos hijos. La novela, organizada en diez capítulos, reproduce los diez minutos previos a diez sesiones de terapia. Durante ese tiempo Tom y Louise conversan y observan lo que sucede a su alrededor: la gente que entra en el pub, las parejas que salen de su sesión con la terapeuta antes de que pasen ellos... El motor de la narración son esas mismas conversaciones, cargadas de agudeza, ironía y sinceridad. Una suerte de terapia previa a la terapia, en la que la pareja protagonista repasa su vida en común y habla de todo: el pasado, sus diferencias y complicidades, el sexo y el amor, las expectativas y los desengaños, incluso el Brexit. Este libro ingenioso, incisivo y profundo bajo su apariencia de liviandad es la formulación literaria de la serie de televisión del mismo título, dirigida por Stephen Frears y protagonizada por Rosamund Pike y Chris O’Dowd, de la que Nick Hornby es guionista.

Ein warmherziges und unterhaltsames Buch über Kunst, Kreativität und die überraschenden Gemeinsamkeiten zwischen dem viktorianischen Romancier Charles Dickens und dem modernen amerikanischen Rockstar Prince. Mit der Bewunderung eines Fans und seinem typischen Humor und Witz zeigt uns Nick Hornby die kuriosen Ähnlichkeiten zwischen zwei auf ihre Art genialen Künstler, die bis heute gelesen oder gehört, bewundert und nachgeahmt werden. Hornby untersucht die persönlichen Tragödien der beiden Ausnahmetalente, ihren sozialen Status und ihre grenzenlose Produktivität und zeigt, wie diese beiden ungleichen Männer aus verschiedenen Jahrhunderten »die Welt erleuchteten«. Dabei schafft er ein anregendes Kaleidoskop über die Kreativität, die Extravaganz, die Disziplin und die Leidenschaft, die es braucht, um große Kunst zu schaffen.

“An ardent fan letter from Hornby that makes you want to re-read Great Expectations while listening to Sign o’ the Times.” —Vogue From the bestselling author of Just Like You, High Fidelity, and Fever Pitch, a short, warm, and entertaining book about art, creativity, and the unlikely similarities between Victorian novelist Charles Dickens and modern American rock star Prince Every so often, a pairing comes along that seems completely unlikely—until it’s not. Peanut butter and jelly, Dennis Rodman and Kim Jong Un, ducks and puppies, and now: Dickens and Prince. Equipped with a fan’s admiration and his trademark humor and wit, Nick Hornby invites us into his latest obsession: the cosmic link between two unlikely artists, geniuses in their own rights, spanning race, class, and centuries—each of whom electrified their different disciplines and whose legacy resounded far beyond their own time. When Prince’s 1987 record Sign o’ the Times was rereleased in 2020, the iconic album now came with dozens of songs that weren’t on the original— Prince was endlessly prolific, recording 102 songs in 1986 alone. In awe, Hornby began to wonder, Who else ever produced this much? Who else ever worked that way? He soon found his answer in Victorian novelist and social critic Charles Dickens, who died more than a hundred years before Prince began making music. Examining the two artists’ personal tragedies, social statuses, boundless productivity, and other parallels, both humorous and haunting, Hornby shows how these two unlikely men from different centuries “lit up the world.” In the process, he creates a lively, stimulating rumination on the creativity, flamboyance, discipline, and soul it takes to produce great art.

En lördagsmorgon träffas Lucy och Joseph av en slump hos den lokala slaktaren. Hon är lärare och tvåbarnsmamma, med ett förflutet som hon gör allt för att glömma, han är aspirerande DJ, som måste börja ta tag i sitt liv. Lucy och Joseph är varandras motsatser, ändå tycks deras vägar ha korsats av en anledning. Nick Hornbys ömma och brutalt roliga nya roman sätter fingret på vad det innebär att blir förälskad i bästa möjliga person – någon som kanske inte alls är precis som du.

Taket på Hopparnas hus en nyårsafton. Det är norra Londons populäraste plats att begå självmord på, men fyra främlingar upptäcker att det där med att ta sitt liv inte är så enkelt när man blir avbruten hela tiden. Den alltid lika solbrände Martin Sharp är en frukost-TV-personlighet som hamnat på kant med livet. Han hade allt –hustru, barn och karriär – men sumpade rubbet. Att ta livet av sig verkar för Martin vara den enda vettiga lösningen. Hans liv är inte längre uthärdligt. Maureen tänker också göra det i kväll, och det är på grund av Matty, som aldrig lyckats lära sig det som normala barn lyckas lära sig, som att tala eller gå. Maureen älskar verkligen sitt barn och hon har alltid försökt att vara en god katolik, men nu känner hon att hon är redo att begå en fruktansvärd synd, den kanske värsta av dem alla. Alldeles galen av hjärtesorg, ensamhet och ungdomlig ångest, för att inte tala om stora mängder öl och Bacardi, är ministerdottern Jess redo att hoppa, bara flyga från taket. Och till sist är det pizzabudet JJ, en lång cool amerikan som ser ut som en rockstjärna och som ibland tycker han spelar gitarr som en sådan. Fyra främlingar, som bara en liten stund tidigare var fast övertygade om att de inte hade någonting gemensamt och var helt inställda på att snabbt avsluta sina liv, börjar dela på de pizzor som JJ haft med sig. De börjar prata med varandra. Och snart upptäcker de att de har ännu mindre gemensamt än de förut trodde. Nick Hornbys efterlängtade nya roman Fallhöjd är både rolig och mycket sorglig. Den formulerar frågor om livet och döden, om främlingar och vänskap, kärlek och smärta. Den ställer frågan om ett gäng självutnämnda losers och lite pizza kan hjälpa oss igenom en själens mörka natt. Nick Hornby, född 1957, har fått fem stora internationella försäljningssuccéer med romanerna High fidelity, Om en pojke och En god människa, fotbollsboken Fever Pitch och den mycket personliga musikboken 31 låtar. Fallhöjd är hans sjätte bok och hans fjärde roman. Den är fylld med samma härliga Hornby-humor som gjort hans tidigare böcker älskade över hela världen.

”[A] charming, funny, touching, and relevant comedy.” —The Boston Globe “A provocative yet sweet romantic comedy.” —People, Best of Fall 2020 From the beloved author of Dickens and Prince, About A Boy, and High Fidelity, this warm, wise, highly entertaining twenty-first century love story is about what happens when the person who makes you happiest is someone you never expected Lucy used to handle her adult romantic life according to the script she’d been handed. She met a guy just like herself: same age, same background, same hopes and dreams; they got married and started a family. Too bad he made her miserable. Now, two decades later, she’s a nearly divorced, forty-one-year-old schoolteacher with two school-aged sons, and there is no script anymore. So when she meets Joseph, she isn’t exactly looking for love—she’s more in the market for a babysitter. Joseph is twenty-two, living at home with his mother, and working several jobs, including the butcher counter where he and Lucy meet. It’s not a match anyone one could have predicted. He’s of a different class, a different culture, and a different generation. But sometimes it turns out that the person who can make you happiest is the one you least expect, though it can take some maneuvering to see it through. Just Like You is a brilliantly observed, tender, but also brutally funny new novel that gets to the heart of what it means to fall surprisingly and headlong in love with the best possible person—someone you didn’t see coming.

A heartbreaking, funny, and honest look inside of a marriage falling apart and the lengths a couple would go to in order to fix it from the bestselling author of Dickens and Prince, About a Boy and High Fidelity Now an Emmy award winning SundanceTV series starring Rosamund Pike and Chris O''Dowd Tom and Louise meet in a pub before their couple''s therapy appointment. Married for years, they thought they had a stable home life--until a recent incident pushed them to the brink. Going to therapy seemed like the perfect solution. But over drinks before their appointment, they begin to wonder: what if marriage is like a computer? What if you take it apart to see what''s in there, but then you''re left with a million pieces? Unfolding in the minutes before their weekly therapy sessions, the ten-chapter conversation that ensues is witty and moving, forcing them to look at their marriage--and, for the first time in a long time, at each other.

En Rob Fleming té una botiga de discos antics tronada però cool on només ven la música que li agrada a ell. I només vinils, és clar, encara que el negoci, destinat a un públic de col·leccionistes de frivolitats molt seriosos, està sempre a punt de fer fallida. I ara, a més, la Laura l’ha deixat. És perquè en Rob s’entossudeix a perpetuar l’adolescència fins a la decrepitud? O bé –això creu ell– perquè la seva col·lecció de discos i la de la Laura són incompatibles? En Rob es refugia en la companyia d’en Barry i en Dick, els seus inefables còmplices a la botiga, i junts fan innombrables i molt masculines llistes dels top del pop: les cinc millors pel·lícules, en què sempre hi ha Reservoir Dogs, els cinc millors capítols de Cheers i les cinc millors cançons d’Elvis Costello... I també comença a sortir amb la Marie, una cantant americana. Sembla que finalment farà realitat un dels seus somnis, tenir una nòvia amb un contracte discogràfic, però llavors reapareix la Laura. I en Rob aviat començarà a fer-se preguntes de difícil resposta sobre la família, la monogàmia, l’amor, el desamor i la maduresa. Pot ser que a la fi descobreixi que també hi ha vida, i música, després de l’adolescència?

"How often do you begin reading a book that makes you—immediately, urgently, desperately—want to read more books?” (Booklist). Nick Hornby has managed to write just such a book in this hilarious, insightful, and infectious volume. Ten Years in the Tub chronicles Hornby''s journey through a decade’s worth of books, as related in his wildly popular Believer column “Stuff I’ve Been Reading.” Ten Years in the Tub is a one-way ticket into the mind of one of the most beloved contemporary writers on his favorite pastime, but it''s also a meditation on what Celine Dion can teach us about ourselves, a warning about how John Updike can ruin our sex lives, and a recommendation for the way Body Shop Vanilla Shower Gel can add excitement to our days. This "decade-long addiction for many... makes standing in line at the bank a blessed interval for snorting another page.” (the New York Times Book Review)

Stuff I''ve Been Reading by Nick Hornby - the bestselling novelist''s rich, witty and inspiring reading diary''Read what you enjoy, not what bores you,'' Nick Hornby tells us. And in this new collection of his columns from the Believer magazine he shows us how it''s done. From historical tomes to comic books, literary novels to children''s stories, political thrillers to travel writing, Stuff I''ve Been Reading details Nick''s thoughts and experiences on books by George Orwell, J.M. Barrie, Muriel Spark, Claire Tomalin, Charles Dickens, Mark Twain, Jennifer Egan, Ian McEwan, Cormac McCarthy and many, many more. This wonderfully entertaining journey in reading differs from all other reviews or critical appreciations - it takes into account the role that books actually play in our lives.This book, which is classic Hornby, confirms the novelist''s status as one of the world''s most exciting curators of culture. It will be loved by fans of About a Boy and High Fidelity, as well as readers of Will Self, Zadie Smith, Stewart Lee and Charlie Brooker.

A brilliant novel about a woman determined to make a name for herself as a sitcom star in 1960''s London from the bestselling author of Dickens and Prince, High Fidelity and About a Boy Funny Girl is a lively account of the adventures of the intrepid young Sophie Straw as she navigates her transformation from provincial ingénue to television starlet amid a constellation of delightful characters. Insightful and humorous, Funny Girl does what Nick Hornby does best: endears us to a cast of characters who are funny if flawed, and forces us to examine ourselves in the process.

Dans les Swinging Sixties la nation tout entiere est sous le charme de Sophie Straw, la nouvelle star de la comedie a succes de la BBC. Ca tombe bien, cette ancienne Miss Blackpool n a qu une ambition dans la vie: faire rire les gens. En studio comme a l ecran, l equipe du feuilleton vit de grands moments. Les scenaristes, pour qui le genre comique est une religion, cachent tous deux un secret. Pur produit d Oxbridge, le producteur est devoue corps et ame a l equipe en general et a Sophie en particulier. Quant a Clive, le premier role masculin, il a la tenace intuition que ce n est qu une parenthese dans sa carriere Lorsque la fi ction rejoint la realite de trop pres et que le scenario epouse les peripeties de la vie, chacun doit faire un choix. Continuer ou changer de chaine ? Une defense et illustration de la pop culture et du ivertissement, pleine de fous rires et de tendresse.Traduit de l anglais par Christine Barbaste- Hornby est une des voix les plus droles et les plus subtiles de la fiction contemporaine. -Chicago Tribune- Hornby est un ecrivain qui ose tout, a la fois l humour, l intelligence et la generosite. -The New York Times Book Review- Son roman le plus ambitieux. -The Times- Un roman poignant et plein d esprit sur la comedie, les classes, les mutations sociales sans doute son meilleur. -The Irish Times- Une defense sincere et une illustration reussie de ce que le divertissement populaire peut accomplir. -The Daily Telegraph- Une lettre d amour a la revolution culturelle de la TV des annees 1960 et a quelques-uns des auteurs preferes deHornby Funny Girl est son roman le plus lumineux. - Metro- Sujet oblige, ce roman est plein de fous rires mais aussi plus profond qu il n y parait. - The New York Times- Funny Girl ricoche allegrement, tel un caillou sur l eau. Impossible a lacher. - Newsweek"

Nick Hornbys grandioser neuer Roman: ein Ausflug ins Swinging London der Sixties Die hübsche Barbara entflieht der Provinz und zieht nach London, um berühmt zu werden. Sie bekommt tatsächlich die Hauptrolle in einer neuen Fernseh-Sitcom, die zu einer der erfolgreichsten TV-Shows Englands wird. Das Team wird ihre Familie – doch was passiert, wenn Ruhm und Glanz irgendwann verblassen?Anfang der 60er: Barbara nimmt die Wahl zur »Miss Blackpool« nicht an, als ihr aufgeht, dass sie dann ein weiteres Jahr in diesem verschlafenen Provinzstädtchen verbringen müsste. Stattdessen zieht sie nach London, ins Herz der neu entstehenden Popkultur, um Komikerin zu werden. Was zunächst aussichtslos erscheint, wird Wirklichkeit, und die Truppe rund um die beiden Drehbuchschreiber Tony und Bill, den Produzenten Dennis sowie Schauspielkollegen Clive ersetzt Barbara fortan die Familie. Alle sind von der Idee besessen, aus ihrer Sitcom einen Riesenerfolg zu machen, was ihnen trotz privater großer und kleiner Katastrophen auch gelingt. Doch was passiert, wenn Schönheit und Ruhm mit der Zeit verblassen?Nick Hornby nimmt den Leser mit ins brodelnde London der 60er-Jahre, mitten hinein in die Welt der am Hungertuch nagenden Gagschreiber, der überarbeiteten Regisseure, der egozentrischen Schauspieler und der vom großen Durchbruch träumenden Mädchen. Ein Buch über ganz große Auftritte, lebenslange Freundschaft und die große Liebe.

A wise, affecting novel from the beloved, award-winning author of Dickens and Prince, High Fidelity, and About A Boy. New York Times-bestselling author Nick Hornby mines the hearts and psyches of four lost souls who connect just when they''ve reached the end of the line. A Long Way Down is now a major motion picture from Magnolia Pictures starring Pierce Brosnan, Toni Collette, Aaron Paul, and Imogen Poots. Meet Martin, JJ, Jess, and Maureen. Four people who come together on New Year''s Eve: a former TV talk show host, a musician, a teenage girl, and a mother. Three are British, one is American. They encounter one another on the roof of Topper''s House, a London destination famous as the last stop for those ready to end their lives. In four distinct and riveting first-person voices, Nick Hornby tells a story of four individuals confronting the limits of choice, circumstance, and their own mortality. This is a tale of connections made and missed, punishing regrets, and the grace of second chances. Intense, hilarious, provocative, and moving, A Long Way Down is a novel about suicide that is, surprisingly, full of life.

La quarantaine passée, fatiguée par son métier harassant de médecin et un mariage qui a perdu toute saveur, Kate décide de demander le divorce. Dans l''espoir de la retenir, David, son mari, va alors changer radicalement : renouant avec ses idéaux de jeunesse, l''homme irascible devient un modèle de bonté, prêchant la redistribution des richesses et recueillant des SDF. Déstabilisée par ce changement soudain et ces initiatives aussi généreuses que maladroites, Kate se retrouve face à une situation inédite et explosive... À partir de quand est-on quelqu''un de bon et jusqu''où peut-on aller pour le rester ? Dans cette comédie aux mille facettes, Nick Hornby tacle le politiquement correct et interroge ce qui fait la solidité d''un couple. " Nick Hornby a un sens de la formule unique et le don de rendre comique des situations qui ne le sont pas du tout. " Olivia de Lamberterie, Elle Traduit de l''anglais par Isabelle Chapman "Domaine étranger" créé par Jean-Claude Zylberstein

Set in 1960''s London, Funny Girl is a lively account of the adventures of the intrepid young Sophie Straw as she navigates her transformation from provincial ingenue to television starlet amid a constellation of delightful characters. Insightful and humorous, Nick Hornby''s latest does what he does best: endears us to a cast of characters who are funny if flawed, and forces us to examine ourselves in the process.

A new collection of nonfiction writing on culture from the bestselling author of High Fidelity and Dickens and Prince. Books, Movies, Rhythm, Blues brings together the best of Nick Hornby''s non-fiction pieces on film and tv, writers and painters and music, and including one exceptional fragment of autobiography. With subject matter ranging from the Sundance Festival to Abbey Road Studios, from P.G. Wodehouse to The West Wing, these are pieces that ‘were written for fun, or because I felt I had things to say and time to say them, or because the commissions were unusual and imaginative, or because … I was being asked to go somewhere I had never been before.’

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, seus únicos amigos são dois fanáticos por música que fogem de qualquer conversa adulta e, quanto ao amor, bem, Rob está no fundo do poço. Para encarar as dificuldades, ele vai se deixar guiar pelas músicas que deram sentido a sua vida e descobrir que a estagnação não o tornou um homem sem ambições. Seu interesse pela cultura pop é real, sua loja ainda é o trabalho dos sonhos e Laura talvez seja a única ex-namorada pela qual vale a pena lutar. Um romance sobre música e relacionamento, sobre as muitas caras que o sucesso pode ter e sobre o que é, afinal, viver nos anos 1990. Com rajadas de humor sardônico e escrita leve, a juventude marinada em cultura pop ganhou aqui seu espaço na literatura. Ou, como escreveu Zadie Smith, "Hornby levou o romance inglês de volta a suas raízes perdidas. Nos ajudou a lembrar que nem todos os livros precisam falar dos quinhentos anos de história pós-colonial, [...] podem falar da alma de um homem, sua casa e como ele vive nela, das ruas por onde anda e das pessoas que ama". Este é um retrato do homem contemporâneo sem ruídos, um retrato em alta fidelidade.

“Read what you enjoy, not what bores you,” Nick Hornby tells us. That simple, liberating, and indispensable directive animates each installment of the celebrated critic and author’s monthly column in the Believer. In this delightful and never-musty tour of his reading life, Hornby tells us not just what to read, but how to read. Whether tackling a dismayingly bulky biography of Dickens while his children destroy something in the next room, or getting sucked into a serious assessment of Celine Dion during an intensely fought soccer match featuring his beloved Arsenal, or devouring an entire series of children’s books while on vacation, Hornby’s reviews are rich, witty, and occasionally madcap. These essays capture the joy and ire, the despair and exhilaration of the book-lover’s life, and will appeal equally to both monocle-wearing salonnieres and people, like him, who spend a lot of time thinking about Miley Cyrus’s next role.

«Nessuno è brillante e coinvolgente come Nick Hornby nel ritrarre i sentimenti e i problemi di ognuno.» Bookseller «Lo scrittore migliore della sua generazione.» The Sunday Times «Hornby è uno scrittore che sa essere al tempo stesso brillante, arguto ed emotivamente generoso.» The New York Times «Il miracolo di Hornby sta nel descrivere un ’mondo piccolo’ con il distacco dell’ironia vera e con compassione profonda.» Michele Serra «I libri di Nick Hornby ci guardano dritti negli occhi e ci dicono la verità su vite che, a essere sinceri, non sono molto diverse dalle nostre... Hornby scommette tutto sull’autenticità.» The Observer Review Che cosa significa essere buoni? Katie Carr non se l''è mai chiesto: una donna che ha scelto di diventare medico per aiutare gli altri e che ha cresciuto i figli seguendo i valori morali più profondi, non ha nemmeno bisogno di porsi la questione. Finché quella donna non tradisce il marito. E allora il marito, David, decide di dare una svolta alla propria vita: smette di essere «l''uomo più arrabbiato di Holloway» per diventare buono. Niente di più azzeccato, a questo punto, dell''entrata in scena di BuoneNuove. Piercing alle sopracciglia, una storia di droga alle spalle e tecniche di guarigione dello spirito e del corpo capaci di sfidare tutta la scienza medica, BuoneNuove aiuta David a mettere a punto strategie di bontà: lasagne prese dal congelatore di casa per sfamare i barboni, giocattoli sottratti ai figli e dati ai bambini meno fortunati e infine un bel manuale di istruzioni su come redistribuire le ricchezze nel mondo... Spostando il suo sguardo arguto sui temi della famiglia e dell''amore, Nick Hornby mette a nudo, con ironia e una nota di amarezza, le nostre ipocrisie, le debolezze e le menzogne che non vorremmo ammettere. «Spassoso, vero e profondo.» Roddy Doyle «Nick Hornby, che si è conquistato il titolo di portavoce di una generazione, sa scrivere in modo sincero e deliziosamente autoironico tanto da rendere impossibile non riconoscersi almeno in parte nei suoi personaggi.» Livia Manera «Una voce davvero autentica.» The Guardian «Hornby mi piace perché è uno di quegli scrittori vicini alla gente normale. Sembra sempre che parli a te. È uno che ha la capacità di sparare nel mucchio e insieme di colpire bersagli precisi, dunque di passarti emozioni precise... La sua bravura è che è uno scrittore profondo e ironico...» Giuseppe Cederna, la Repubblica

一個開唱片行的男子 喋喋不休地排著他各式的「排行榜」： 最愛的書前五名， 爸媽最愛電影而我最討厭的電影前五名， 最愛的A面卡帶第一首前五名，…… 還有， 傷害我最深的女友前五名。 在倫敦的一條小巷子裡，三十五歲的洛‧佛萊明開了一家小小的二手唱片行。在三年同居之後，他的女友蘿拉棄他而去，搬離他塞滿唱片、錄音帶和CD收藏的家。洛因此開始依照年代排序，列出他自己有生以來最值得紀念的戀情：排列出最使他傷心難過的前五名女友，這是他的「失戀排行榜」。 洛和他唱片行的兩名怪咖員工迪克和巴瑞，最常做的事也是興致勃勃地排他們各式各樣、稀奇古怪的top 5，像是最佳的前五名唱片第一面第一首，最佳的前五名葬禮音樂，最佳的前五名有字幕的外國電影……。在自我嘲謔當中，洛看著他三十多年人生，就在一張張唱片專輯的名稱、歌名和曲目的記錄中流淌著：一旦對一個女孩有好感，就準備錄一張她會喜歡的卡帶給她，但是，隨著每段戀情的結束，曾經幫他陷入愛河的音樂，只會在失戀時使他悲傷。 即將邁向三十六歲的日子，洛發現與自己最熱愛的音樂共度的三十多年生活，只是世俗眼光下尚未脫離青春期的「不成材」：聽了太多音樂只是把人生搞砸，…..當同年的人擁有了事業、婚姻，只有千百萬首愛情的歌曲陪伴在人生與愛情裡都被判出局的他……

Speaking with the Angel is a collection of short stories, edited by Nick Hornby Hear the Prime Minister explain to the House why he did a runner from Greenford Park service station and hitched a lift with a fifteen-year-old girl, as imagined by Robert Harris. Listen to someone who has a small hostile creature in his room, as told by Roddy Doyle. Twelve voices, twelve completely new stories, narrated by twelve different characters. And all written by twelve of the most exciting and popular writers around: Robert Harris, Melissa Bank, Giles Smith, Patrick Marber, Colin Frith, Zadie Smith, Dave Eggers, Helen Fielding, Roddy Doyle, Irvine Welsh, John O''Farrell and Nick Hornby himself. This sparkling collection has been put together by bestselling novelist Nick Hornby, who also contributes an Introduction about TreeHouse, an organisation that offers a unique and pioneering approach to the education of children with autism. £1 will go to TreeHouse with every copy sold of Speaking with the Angel.

«Una scommessa sicura per i fan di Hornby di tutte le età.» Publishers Weekly «Una voce davvero autentica» The Guardian DAL BEST SELLER DI NICK HORNBY, IL FILM DI ANDREA MOLAIOLI CON JASMINE TRINCA «Un mix vertiginoso di rabbia, saggezza, humour e amore.» Booklist «Una scommessa sicura per i fan di Hornby di tutte le età.» Publishers Weekly «Una voce davvero autentica.» The Guardian Sam ha quasi sedici anni e vive a North London con una mamma giovane e single, che a volte si trova fidanzati strazio, ma è comprensiva e non ostacola la passione del figlio per lo skateboard. Finalmente per Sam le cose sembrano girare bene, con i genitori, a scuola e con le ragazze. Da un po’ sta uscendo con Alicia, una di quelle di cui ci si innamora esattamente dopo due secondi. Forse è arrivato il momento fatidico di fare sesso, ma lui sa che «fare sesso a quindici anni è una cosa grossa, se tua mamma ne ha trentuno»: la sfida allora diventa sfuggire al destino beffardo che incombe sulla sua famiglia... Ci riuscirà? A sostenerlo nell’impresa c’è un amico straordinario, anzi un Eroe: Tony Hawk, «il J.K. Rowling degli skater». Sam si confida solo con il suo poster in camera: Tony, con i suoi poteri speciali, riuscirà a fargli «vedere il futuro» e, forse, affrontare il presente. Il romanzo di formazione di Nick Hornby, tra fughe, salti nel tempo e colpi di scena, è un viaggio senza freni tra le curve dell’adolescenza, serio e scanzonato, spassoso e commovente.

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING ETHAN HAWKE AND ROSE BYRNE From the beloved New York Times bestselling author, a quintessential Nick Hornby tale of music, superfandom, and the truths and lies we tell ourselves about life and love. Annie finds herself caught in the web of a relationship with Duncan, who adores Tucker Crowe, a reclusive singer-songwriter who vanished from the music scene years ago. As Annie''s love for Duncan fades, an unexpected email correspondence with Tucker sparks a connection between two searching souls. What happens when a washed-up musician looks for another chance? And miles away, a restless, childless woman looks for a change? Juliet, Naked is a powerfully engrossing, humblingly humorous novel about music, love, loneliness, and the struggle to live up to one’s promise.

In these two stories from bestselling author Nick Hornby revelations are at hand. In "Not a Star", Lynn has always thought her son, Mark, was a little, well, unremarkable. Until the day a neighbor drops off a porn video at her house, with a note telling her to watch it. Turns out, Mark is rather remarkable in one specific area of his life (and anatomy). Lynn and her husband, Dave, don’t quite know what to think. The revelation of their son’s talent ripples through Lynn’s life as she alternately encounters humor, horror, and unexpected emotional reactions. What do you do in the face of impending doom? In "Otherwise, Pandemonium," you lose your virginity with the hottest girl in the Little Berkeley Big Band… Here, the world is a different place; the future is uncertain; the choices one makes are the only thing standing between a semblance of order or utter chaos. And the TV’s been acting funny. This is a story that makes you think and feel, and reminds us of the fleeting nature of time.

Rockstar Tucker Crowe, Jahrgang 1953, der in den 80er-Jahren Triumphe feierte, lebt heute völlig zurückgezogen in einer amerikanischen Kleinstadt und kann kaum glauben, was er im Internet alles über sich lesen muss. Doch Annies Kritik seines neuen Albums lässt ihn aufhorchen, er nimmt Kontakt mit Annie auf...

According to her own moral calculations, Katie Carr has earned her affair. She''s a doctor, and doctors are decent people, and her husband David is the "Angriest Man" in Holloway. When David suddenly becomes good, Katie''s sums no longer add up, and she is forced to ask herself some questions.

Éste es el relato autobiográfico de la tumultuosa relación del autor con el fútbol y con su equipo, el Arsenal londinense. Con un entusiasmo contagioso y su característica ironía, Hornby nos cuenta lo que ocurre cuando uno deja que el fútbol dé contenido a unos cuantos huecos que deberían haber estado ocupados por otras cuestiones. Este adicto al fútbol rechaza invitaciones a bodas porque ese día el Arsenal juega en casa, o asocia su primera gran ruptura amorosa a la pérdida de un jugador emblemático. Hornby se interroga aquí sobre la esencia de esta obsesión y describe con humor en qué consiste verdaderamente ser hincha de un equipo. Fiebre en las gradas es también una lúcida radiografía de los entresijos deportivos y sociales de este deporte y termina convirtiéndose en una sentida declaración de devoción y lealtad a un deporte, a un club y, sobre todo, a la comunidad de sufridos seguidores que conforman su verdadera esencia. «Te interese o no el fútbol, se te saltarán las lágrimas de tanto reír y querrás leer fragmentos en voz alta a completos desconocidos» (Nicholas Lezard, GQ); «Divertido, inteligente y sincero» (Roddy Doyle).