Book description
31 Songs is best-selling author Nicky Hornby's ultimate desert
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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). Also available from Penguin is The
Complete Polysyllabic Spree, which shares his thoughts on books
and writing.
Nick Hornby was born in 1957. He is the author of two other
non-fiction titles, Fever Pitch and The Complete Polysyllabic Spree
(2006), four novels, High Fidelity, About A Boy and How To Be Good A
Long Way Down. He lives in Highbury, north London.
