nick hornby’s new book is still TOTALLY about you
Fans of music AND reading (hopefully you are both… otherwise you wouldn’t be here) might want to head out to their local book stores sometime this week because Nick Hornby, the author of a number musically focused/examination of narcissism classics including High Fidelity and About A Boy, has just released a new novel entitled Juliet, Naked. The book is about a reclusive one-hit wonder who is raising a son, attempting to find an idiosyncratic companion, and who spends an inordinate amount of time listening to (and reflecting on) pop music. Figures.
As with all authors, Hornby claims that he puts a lot of himself into his novels, a subject which the author discusses in a clip below:
No word on the inevitable movie staring John Cusack yet, but we all know its coming, so I’ll be sure to let you know when it breaks.