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 Nick Hornby in general
Newest Review: ... original screen play with Emma Thompson of all people. In 1997 footbally Fever Pitch became more romantic than originally for the cinemas, and started Colin Firth of Mr Darcey fame. A couple of years later, John Cusack stared in an American bas ed version of musical High Fidelity. The film of About A Boy has to ... more  ... be the most like the book through – I saw the film last weekend and am currently re-reading the book, and I keep getting flashbacks of Hugh Grant saying the exact same words that my eyes are going over. On top of all this, he’s edited a num...more |
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Nick Hornby in general: Bloke-Lit Rules (1184 words)
by zoe_page_1 - written on 16.05.02 (Very useful, 180 readings)
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Nick Hornby is a name on everyone’s lips at the moment with the recent release of the film version of his second novel, About A Boy, starring Hugh Grant. With 3 out of his 4 books having been made into films already, and all achieving critical acclaim, he’s not doing all that badly for himself. Born in London (and seeing as most of us here are British, I’m going to resist the urge to add an “England” to the end of that) he read English at Cambridge (again, resisting the urge). A former journalist and English teacher, he turned his attention to writing full time a number of years back, and you’re now reading the results. ...
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