Nick Hornby in general

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. ...  Read the complete review