The Modern Novel

Biography

The really heroic thing about Nick Hornby is that he lives in north London and rarely leaves it … Every English writer needs their corner that is forever England but only a few brave men choose to make that corner Highbury.” Zadie Smith, Time magazine

Nick Hornby shot to fame with his book Fever Pitch, about what the entire world calls football, though the Americans call soccer. His fame was further confirmed with High Fidelity, a novel about sex’n’drugs’n’rock’n’roll. Fever Pitch was made into a successful film, with Colin Firth playing the Hornby character, a move to attract the women audience who definitely would not have been attracted had Hornby played himself. He was born in Redhill in 1957 and studied at Cambridge University.

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Nick Hornby (1958-)
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31 songs that changed my life (Hornby’s 31 songs (at bottom) as well as songs from 31 other artists, musicians and writers)