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Nick Hornby
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born
April 17, 1957
in Redhill, Surrey, England, The United Kingdom
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This just in from the Ministry Of Stories, a creative writing school for young people based on Dave Eggers' inspirational 826 schools in the US. As you can see, we need everything – including money, of course.
Hello There,
We really need help. Over the next month the rather bland carcass of 159 Hoxton Street, N1 will be transformed into a monster supply shop, with a Ministry of Stories secreted b...
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High Fidelity
   3.93 avg rating — 60,940 ratings
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1995
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About a Boy
3.76 avg rating — 38,931 ratings
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1998
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A Long Way Down
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2005
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How to Be Good
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2001
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Juliet, Naked
3.48 avg rating — 14,382 ratings
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2009
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Fever Pitch
3.57 avg rating — 9,291 ratings
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1992
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Slam
3.29 avg rating — 8,372 ratings
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2007
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The Polysyllabic Spree: A Hilarious and True Account of One Man's Struggle with the Monthly Tide of the Books He's Bought and the Books He's Been Meaning to Read
3.71 avg rating — 3,961 ratings
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2004
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Songbook
3.54 avg rating — 4,778 ratings
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2002
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Speaking With the Angel
by Nick Hornby , Irvine Welsh, Melissa Bank 3.50 avg rating — 3,336 ratings
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2000
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October 2009,
Nick Hornby
"I'm frustrated by how much time has slipped by in my own life, and I've wasted more time than most, but I'm not sure I'd feel any better if I'd been more productive. For a start, my first couple of books were a product of all the times I'd wasted at football matches and in record stores." ...More
"I'm frustrated by how much time has slipped by in my own life, and I've wasted more time than most, but I'm not sure I'd feel any better if I'd been more productive. For a start, my first couple of books were a product of all the times I'd wasted at football matches and in record stores." ...More
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“People worry about kids playing with guns, and teenagers watching violent videos; we are scared that some sort of culture of violence will take them over. Nobody worries about kids listening to thousands - literally thousands - of songs about broken hearts and rejection and pain and misery and loss.”
― Nick Hornby, High Fidelity
― Nick Hornby, High Fidelity
“It's no good pretending that any relationship has a future if your record collections disagree violently or if your favorite films wouldn't even speak to each other if they met at a party.”
― Nick Hornby
― Nick Hornby
“The plain state of being human is dramatic enough for anyone; you don't need to be a heroin addict or a performance poet to experience extremity. You just have to love someone.”
― Nick Hornby, How to Be Good
― Nick Hornby, How to Be Good
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