High Fidelity

Straying from the beaten Philip Roth path...I recently read High Fidelity by Nick Hornby.

It was one of those books that I always wanted to read but only just got around to doing. It's a quick read of

hilarious fiction about one man's relationship woes and how they intertwine and conflict with his love of music. Hornby does loads of name-dropping

from sixties folk-rock to eighties brit-pop. The movie did lead to a movie version with John Cusack and Jack Black-- someday I'll

get around to watching that, but I have a feeling it won't quite surpass the written word.

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