Nick Hornby appeared on the British literary scene in 1992 with the publication of his imaginative and moving memoir Fever Pitch, an account of his years as a fanatic supporter of the Arsenal Football...
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A Long Way Down, by Nick Hornby. Riverhead, 333 pages, $24.95.
Suicide is one of those societal ills everyone feels comfortable looking down on: It's a cop-out, a death for wimps, the unnecessary ...
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In 2004, Franklin Foer, then a writer for The New Republic and Slate, published a book called How Soccer Explains the World. It was a good book, essentially nine or 10 travel pieces that explored n...
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In 2004, Franklin Foer, then a writer for The New Republic and Slate, published a book called How Soccer Explains the World. It was a good book, essentially nine or 10 travel pieces that explored n...
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On a warm June evening, the novelist Rick Moody sat on the floor of the placid backroom of the Ludlow Street bar Pianos, peeking out from beneath the brim of a porkpie hat at a shag-haired musician...
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New York (dpa) - John Cusack cemented his status as a respected
character actor with his appearance in Stephen Frears' 2000
adaptation of the Nick Hornby novel High Fidelity...
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The Disappointment Artist, by Jonathan Lethem. Doubleday, 149 pages, $22.95. In the summer of 1977, Jonathan Lethem saw the movie Star Wars 21 times. Not that many times, really-if anything, in t...
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Before W. Mark Felt was conclusively identified as Deep Throat, he took on one last alias: "The Guy."That was how Mr. Felt-the former F.B.I. official who'd secretly leaked Watergate developments to...
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Sitting in a corner banquette at DB Bistro Moderne the other day, the actress Fran Drescher quite understandably eschewed the signature foie-gras-stuffed burger in favor of mixed greens and a small...
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Nick Hornby
Four Jumpers Who Flop: Hornby's Latest Falls Flat
