A small spoiler, it wasn’t always ‘them’. He set out to try to track down these old flames, to see why they always left him. This leads him to question the end of every relationship he’s ever had, all the way from grade school to present day. He’s had a few serious relationships in his life, but the most recent one, with his relatively long-term girlfriend has just ended when she left him for another guy. Not really going anywhere in his life, and always looking for a way to not get anywhere else. You see, the main character is a man named Rob, who lives in London in the mid-90’s, and runs a small record shop. Things were going well, and I was debating popping the question. Back in the spring of 2004 I had been dating Lisa for just over a year. But you have to be in the mood to read it, and if you’re a book-thinker (or a book-over thinker), like I am, you have to make sure you’re not at that point in your life where reading a book about a man having early-mid-life crisis is going to seriously screw up your perspective on the world. This is not to say that it is a bad book. I read about 60 pages of it, but didn’t finish it before the trip was done, and for whatever reason, it sat and sat on my shelf, unread for over 7 years before I finally picked it up again. This was before we were even engaged, let alone married. This trip took place back in February of 2004. My wife, Lisa, gave this one to me to read after she was done with it, and I brought it on a trip we took to Palm Springs. 'Leaves you believing not only in the redemptive power of music but above all the redemptive power of love.On the list of the top five books that have been on my Reading List the longest, High Fidelity by Nick Hornby was number one. 'If this book was a record, we would be calling it an instant classic. 'Extremely cleverly observed' Mail on Sunday

True to life, very funny and moving' Financial Times

A must for readers of David Nicholls and music geeks everywhere! But soon, he's asking himself some big questions: about relationships, about life and about his own self-destructive tendencies.Īstutely observed and wickedly funny, Nick Hornby's cult classic explores love, loss and the need for a good playlist. 'One of my favourite novels' Zoë Kravitz in Vultureĭo you know your desert-island, all-time, top five most memorable break-ups? Rob does.īut Laura isn't on it - even though she's just become his latest ex.įinding he can't get over Laura, record-store owner Rob decides to revisit his relationship top hits to figure out what went wrong. THE MILLION-COPY INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER & SOURCE OF THE 2020 HULU SERIES

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