An edition of High Fidelity (1995)

High Fidelity

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High Fidelity
Nick Hornby
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An edition of High Fidelity (1995)

High Fidelity

  • 3.6 (35 ratings) ·
  • 67 Want to read
  • 2 Currently reading
  • 43 Have read

Rob is a pop music junkie who runs his own semi-failing record store. His girlfriend, Laura, has just left him for the guy upstairs, and Rob is both miserable and relieved. After all, could he have spent his life with someone who has a bad record collection? Rob seeks refuge in the company of the offbeat clerks at his store, who endlessly review their top five films (Reservoir Dogs...); top five Elvis Costello songs ("Alison"...); top five episodes of Cheers (the one where Woody sang his stupid song to Kelly...). Rob tries dating a singer whose rendition of "Baby, I Love Your Way" makes him cry. But maybe it's just that he's always wanted to sleep with someone who has a record contract. Then he sees Laura again. And Rob begins to think (awful as it sounds) that life as an episode of thirtysomething, with all the kids and marriages and barbecues and k.d. lang CD's that this implies, might not be so bad.

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Edition Availability
Cover of: High Fidelity
High Fidelity
2012, Anagrama
in Spanish
Cover of: High fidelity
High fidelity
2011, Penguin
in English
Cover of: High fidelity
High fidelity
2010, London Books
in English - Reissued.
Cover of: High Fidelity
High Fidelity
2008, Penguin Group USA, Inc.
eBook in English
Cover of: High Fidelity
High Fidelity: A Novel
October 4, 2005, Riverhead Trade
Paperback in English
Cover of: High Fidelity
High Fidelity
2000, Penguin Books Ltd, Penguin (UK)
Cover of: High Fidelity (German Edition)
High Fidelity (German Edition)
June 1, 1999, Droemersche Verlagsanstalt Th. Knaur Nachf. GmbH &
Paperback in German
Cover of: High fidelity
High fidelity
1998, Knaur, INDIGO
in German
Cover of: High fidelity.
High fidelity.
1996, Indigo
Paperback in English
Cover of: High fidelity
High fidelity
1996, Riverhead Books
in English - 1st Riverhead trade pbk. ed.
Cover of: High fidelity
High fidelity
1995, Riverhead Books
in English - 1st American ed.

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eBook

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Open Library
OL24299867M
ISBN 13
9781429577830, 9781429577861
OverDrive
AC86BA3A-A234-4E63-84D0-FDA96F283B89

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First Sentence

"These were the ones that really hurt."

Work Description

Nick Hornby's first novel, an international bestseller and instantly recognized by critics and readers alike as a classic, helps to explain men to women, and men to men. Rob is good on music: he owns a small record shop and has strong views on what's decent and what isn't. But he's much less good on relationships. In fact, he's not at all sure that he wants to commit himself to anyone. So it's hardly surprising that his girlfriend decides that enough is enough.

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January 3, 2023 Edited by Drini Merge works
August 4, 2013 Edited by VacuumBot Updated format 'E-book' to 'eBook'
May 9, 2013 Edited by VacuumBot Updated format 'eBook' to 'E-book'; Removed author from Edition (author found in Work)
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June 23, 2010 Created by ImportBot Imported from marc_overdrive MARC record