Slam - Nick Hornby

I always vowed to read more Nick Hornby after reading 'High Fidelity' which in my opinion is one of the best books ever written - so when my better hald produced the book 'Slam' for me to get my teeth into on a recent holiday in Egypt, I was delighted. Nick Hornby's writing style is first person, and he incorporates a lot of humour into his writing, and because of the fact he normally writes from a male perspective I can relate very well and find myself chuckling along to his words. This was the key in 'High Fidelity' and my better half has informed me that he did one from the perspective of a woman, which I am yet to read and may take me quite a while to get ...

I had heard of Nick Hornby, but I couldn't remember for the life of me where and when. I was standing on Richmond station with this book which had just been thrust into my hands as I lugged my suitcase onboard. I normally always have a book to read on a journey, but this time I had left it behind for my daughter to read. My daughter's best friend had come to see me off and knowing I'm a bookworm she had bought it for me while we were waiting for my train. Just in case you think I'm waffling again, this is not my normal choice of book at all, so there had to be a reason I read it. I did actually remember that the name went with a Hugh Grant film, "About a ...