{"product_id":"high-fidelity-isbn-9781573225519","title":"High Fidelity","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eAbout a Boy, A Long Way Down \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Dickens and Prince,\u003c\/i\u003e a wise and hilarious novel about love, heartbreak, and rock and roll.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“I've always loved Nick Hornby, and the way he writes characters and the way he thinks. It's funny and heartbreaking all at the same time.”—Zoë Kravitz\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRob is a pop music junkie who runs his own semi-failing record store. His girlfriend, Laura, has just left him for the guy upstairs, and Rob is both miserable and relieved. After all, could he have spent his life with someone who has a bad record collection? Rob seeks refuge in the company of the offbeat clerks at his store, who endlessly review their top five films; top five Elvis Costello songs; top five episodes of \u003ci\u003eCheers\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRob tries dating a singer, but maybe it’s just that he’s always wanted to sleep with someone who has a record contract. Then he sees Laura again. And Rob begins to think that life with kids, marriage, barbecues, and soft rock CDs might not be so bad.\"I've always loved Nick Hornby, and the way he writes characters and the way he thinks. It's funny and heartbreaking all at the same time.\"—\u003cb\u003eZoë Kravitz\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"As funny, compulsive and contemporary a first novel as you could wish for.\"—\u003cb\u003eGQ\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"One of the top ten books of the year.\"—\u003cb\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"It is rare that a book so hilarious is also so sharp about sex and manliness, memory and music.\"—\u003cb\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Mr. Hornby captures the loneliness and childishness of adult life with such precision and wit that you'll find yourself nodding and smiling. \u003cb\u003eHigh Fidelity\u003c\/b\u003e fills you with the same sensation that you get from hearing a debut record album that has more charm and verve and depth than anything you can recall.\"—\u003cb\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Hornby's seamless prose and offhand humor make for one hilarious set piece after another, as suffering, self-centered Rob ruminates on women, sex, and \u003cb\u003eAbbey Road\u003c\/b\u003e. But then he's forced to consider loneliness, fitting-in, death, and failure—and \u003cb\u003ethat\u003c\/b\u003e is what lingers.\"—\u003cb\u003eSpin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Keep this book away from your girlfriend—it contains too many of your secrets to let it fall into the wrong hands.\"—\u003cb\u003eDetails\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNick Hornby is the author of seven internationally bestselling novels (\u003ci\u003eFunny Girl,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eHigh Fidelity, About a Boy, How to be Good, A Long Way Down, Slam \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eJuliet, Naked\u003c\/i\u003e) and several works of  non-fiction including \u003ci\u003eFever Pitch, Songbook \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Ten Years In The Tub.\u003c\/i\u003e He has written screenplay adaptions of Lynn Barber’s An Education, nominated for an Academy Award, Cheryl Strayed's \u003ci\u003eWild\u003c\/i\u003e and Colm Tóibín’s \u003ci\u003eBrooklyn\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in London.","brand":"Riverhead Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304326254821,"sku":"NP9781573225519","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781573225519.jpg?v=1767729030","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/high-fidelity-isbn-9781573225519","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}