![]() He also has a tendency to look at everything as a top five chart, because he wants to be a radio disc jockey. High Fidelity is the story of neurotic and commitment-phobic vinyl record store owner Rob, Fleming Rob's main passion in life is creating mix tapes, and almost all of his conversations seem to revolve around this. His novels, on the other hand, are far less divisive. ![]() ![]() This memoir cemented him as both the next big thing on the literary scene and also as the lifetime enemy of fans of North London rival clubs Chelsea F.C. High Fidelityis Hornby's first fictional novel but his second best-selling book, the first, Fever Pitch, chronicles his life as a die-hard fanatical supporter of North London's Arsenal Football Club. ![]() His global appeal, however is more to do with the neurotic and comically tragic characters that he creates in his novels, all of whom seem to have a few of Hornby's own characteristics, but who are multi-faceted and complicated in the their own right, so that we, the reader, find ourselves actually caring about what happens to them. The key to Nick Hornby's success as a novelist in his home country of Great Britain is the fact that he presents himself as an "ordinary bloke" and not, per se, an academic, or a writer-type, on in fact anybody but a fanatical soccer fan who got lucky. We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community. ![]()
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