Juliet, Naked by Nick Hornby
Annie and Duncan are a mid-thirties couple who have reached a fork in the road, realising their shared interest in the reclusive musician Tucker Crowe (in Duncan's case, an obsession rather than an interest) is not enough to hold them together any more. When Annie hates Tucker's 'new release', a terrible demo of his most famous album, it's the last straw - Duncan cheats on her and she promptly throws him out. Via an internet discussion forum, Annie's harsh opinion reaches Tucker himself, who couldn't agree more. He and Annie start an unlikely correspondence which teaches them both something about moving on from years of wasted time. Nick Hornby's compelling new novel, four years after A Long Way Down, is about the nature of creativity and obsession, and how two lonely people can gradually find each other.
Juliet, Naked is Hornby's best novel to date* Simon Baker, The Spectator *
Subtle and insightful, and really quite touching. * Laurence Phelan, The Independent on Sunday *
Ingenious, funny and moving, but also examines loneliness, self obsession and the dangers of communicating solely through a keyboard. * Wendy Holden, Daily Mail *
Hornby writes so well that you can almost smell the birdseed odour of badly dried clothes combined with failure that pervades Annie's house; his triumph though is to find infinite amounts of warmth and humour in this seeming world of desolation. * Roger Perkins, Sunday Telegraph magazine *
It's good to have him back. Nick Hornby's first adult novel in four years is a comic delight. Hornby's writing has an easy, fluent tone, as if he is right inside his characters' heads. * Nick Curtis, Evening Standard *
In Hornby's fiction, music is never just about music; among contemporary writers, only Jonathan Lethem has his sure sense for the way popular cultural artefacts become entwined, for good or ill, with ordinary relationships; and in particular, how pop songs minister to deep needs while exposing all too many fresh ones. * Bharat Tandon, TLS *
Juliet, Naked is Hornby's best novel to date. -- Simon Baker * The Spectator *
subtle and insightful, and really quite touching. -- Laurence Phelan * The Independent on Sunday *
ingenious, funny and moving, but also examines loneliness, self obsession and the dangers of communicating solely through a keyboard. -- Wendy Holden * Daily Mail *
Hornby writes so well that you can almost smell the birdseed odour of badly dried clothes combined with failure that pervades Annie's house; his triumph though is to find infinite amounts of warmth and humour in this seeming world of desolation. -- Roger Perkins * Sunday Telegraph magazine *
It's good to have him back. Nick Hornby's first adult novel in four years is a comic delight. Hornby's writing has an easy, fluent tone, as if he is right inside his characters' heads. -- Nick Curtis * Evening Standard *
In Hornby's fiction, music is never just about music; among contemporary writers, only Jonathan Lethem has his sure sense for the way popular cultural artefacts become entwined, for good or ill, with ordinary relationships; and in particular, how pop songs minister to deep needs while exposing all too many fresh ones. -- Bharat Tandon * TLS *
Subtle and insightful, and really quite touching. * Laurence Phelan, The Independent on Sunday *
Ingenious, funny and moving, but also examines loneliness, self obsession and the dangers of communicating solely through a keyboard. * Wendy Holden, Daily Mail *
Hornby writes so well that you can almost smell the birdseed odour of badly dried clothes combined with failure that pervades Annie's house; his triumph though is to find infinite amounts of warmth and humour in this seeming world of desolation. * Roger Perkins, Sunday Telegraph magazine *
It's good to have him back. Nick Hornby's first adult novel in four years is a comic delight. Hornby's writing has an easy, fluent tone, as if he is right inside his characters' heads. * Nick Curtis, Evening Standard *
In Hornby's fiction, music is never just about music; among contemporary writers, only Jonathan Lethem has his sure sense for the way popular cultural artefacts become entwined, for good or ill, with ordinary relationships; and in particular, how pop songs minister to deep needs while exposing all too many fresh ones. * Bharat Tandon, TLS *
Juliet, Naked is Hornby's best novel to date. -- Simon Baker * The Spectator *
subtle and insightful, and really quite touching. -- Laurence Phelan * The Independent on Sunday *
ingenious, funny and moving, but also examines loneliness, self obsession and the dangers of communicating solely through a keyboard. -- Wendy Holden * Daily Mail *
Hornby writes so well that you can almost smell the birdseed odour of badly dried clothes combined with failure that pervades Annie's house; his triumph though is to find infinite amounts of warmth and humour in this seeming world of desolation. -- Roger Perkins * Sunday Telegraph magazine *
It's good to have him back. Nick Hornby's first adult novel in four years is a comic delight. Hornby's writing has an easy, fluent tone, as if he is right inside his characters' heads. -- Nick Curtis * Evening Standard *
In Hornby's fiction, music is never just about music; among contemporary writers, only Jonathan Lethem has his sure sense for the way popular cultural artefacts become entwined, for good or ill, with ordinary relationships; and in particular, how pop songs minister to deep needs while exposing all too many fresh ones. -- Bharat Tandon * TLS *
Nick Hornby is the author of six bestselling novels (High Fidelity, About a Boy, How To Be Good, A Long Way Down, Juliet, Naked and Funny Girl), as well as a novel for young adults, Slam, and four works of acclaimed non-fiction: Fever Pitch, 31 Songs, The Complete Polysyllabic Spree and Stuff I've Been Reading. He has written the screenplays for the films Fever Pitch, Wild, Brooklyn and An Education, which was nominated for an Oscar. He lives in Highbury, north London.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780670915651 |
| ISBN 10 | 0670915653 |
| Title | Juliet, Naked |
| Author | Nick Hornby |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2009-09-03 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
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