Juliet, naked
by Nick Hornby · first published 2009
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From the beloved New York Times– bestselling author, a quintessential Nick Hornby tale of music, superfandom, and the truths and lies we tell ourselves about life and love. Annie loves Duncan—or thinks she does. Duncan loves Annie, but then, all of a sudden, he doesn't. Duncan really loves Tucker Crowe, a reclusive Dylanish singer-songwriter who stopped making music ten years ago. Annie stops loving Duncan, and starts getting her own life. In doing so, she initiates an e-mail correspondence with Tucker, and a connection is forged between two lonely people who are looking for more out of what t
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If you're a self-consciously hip music snob like me, two works of fiction you will enjoy are: Stone Arabia by Dana Spiotta Juliet, Naked by Nick Hornby
on “Ask HN: Best book you read in 2011” ↗…relationships. For a modern example of the same phenomenon, take a look at one of my favorite authors, Nick Hornby: http://prosecraft.io/library/nick-hornby/about-a-boy/ http://prosecraft.io/library/nick-hornby/juliet-naked/ I've read every one of his novels, and they're all about human relationships, but the prose itself isn't very vivid. Nothing wrong with that, though. It's just a measurement. As an author, it's helpful…
on “Show HN: Five Thousand Novels, Ranked by Vividness” ↗Contrast Nick Hornby, who in his recent book Juliet, Naked actually includes a fictitious Wikipedia entry about one of the main characters.
on “Houellebecq borrows from Wikipedia, never cites” ↗