NICK HORNBY is the bestselling author of eight novels, including Just Like You, High Fidelity and About a Boy, and several works of nonfiction including Fever Pitch. He has also written numerous award-winning screenplays for film and television including Brooklyn, Wild and, most recently, State of the Union.
Leaves you believing not only in the redemptive power of music but above all the redemptive power of love * Indepedent * A triumphant first novel. True to life and moving * Financial Times * Extremely cleverly observed * Mail on Sunday * An instant classic * Guardian * Fast, fun, and remarkably deft: a sharp-edged portrait that manages at once to be vicious, generous, and utterly good-natured * Kirkus Reviews *