Nick Hornby – författare

En lördagsmorgon träffas Lucy och Joseph av en slump hos den lokala slaktaren. Hon är lärare och tvåbarnsmamma, med ett förflutet som hon gör allt för att glömma, han är aspirerande DJ, som måste börja ta tag i sitt liv. Lucy och Joseph är varandras motsatser, ändå tycks deras vägar ha korsats av en anledning.

Nick Hornbys ömma och brutalt roliga nya roman sätter fingret på vad det innebär att blir förälskad i bästa möjliga person – någon som kanske inte alls är precis som du.

The abridged, downloadable audiobook edition of How to Be Good, Nick Hornby''s No.1 bestseller in the UK and Ireland. Read by the actress Frances Barber.According to her own complex moral calculations, Katie Carr has earned her affair. She''s a doctor, after all, and doctors are decent people, and on top of that, her husband David is the self-styled Angriest Man in Holloway. But when David suddenly becomes good - properly, maddeningly, give-away-all-his-money good - Katie''s sums no longer add up, and she is forced to ask herself some very hard questions. How to Be Good offers a painfully funny account of modern marriage and parenthood, and asks that most difficult of questions: what does it mean to be good?

Brought to you by Penguin. ''There was this time when everything seemed to have come together. And so obviously it was time to go and screw it all up.''Sam is sixteen and a skater. Just so there are no terrible misunderstandings: skating = skateboarding. There''s no ice. Life is ticking along nicely for Sam; his Mum''s got rid of her rubbish boyfriend, he''s thinking about college and he''s met someone. Alicia.Then a little accident happens. One with big consequences for someone just finding his way in life. Sam can''t run (let alone skate) away from this one. He''s a boy facing a man''s problems and the question is - has he got what it takes to confront them?Slam, from the acclaimed author of About a Boy and High Fidelity is a teenage novel about a boy who has to grow up in big, big hurry. It is The Catcher in the Rye for the 21st century.''Very funny...very real'' Daily Telegraph''Hornby gets his point across with the subtlety and skill of a born novelist who always deserves to be read'' Independent''A moving read for anyone'' ElleNick Hornby has captivated readers and achieved widespread critical acclaim for his comic, well-observed adult novels About a Boy, A Long Way Down, Juliet, Naked, How to be Good and High Fidelity. His three works of non-fiction, 31 Songs (shortlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award), Fever Pitch (winner of the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award) and The Complete Polysyllabic Spree are also available from Penguin.

Brought to you by Penguin. Annie''s put fifteen years into safe, slightly obsessive Duncan, and now she''s like her money back, please. It''s time to move on. But she lives in Gooleness, the north''s answer to a question nobody asked. Is she really going to find real, proper, fell-it-deep-down-in-your-boots love on a damp and windy seafront? Or perhaps she should follow her heart and pursue Tucker, the reclusive American rock star, who keeps emailing her his smart advice.But between Annie and her second chance lie a few obstacles. There''s Malcolm, the world''s most judgemental therapist, and Barnesy, the north''s most extrovert dancer. There''s what men and women will do and won''t do for love. And, of course, there''s Tucker. . . Hilarious and tender, this bestselling novel will move you in ways both profound and surprising. It''s Nick Hornby at his brilliant best. If you like David Nicholls, David Sedaris and Jonathan Coe you will love this book. ''Hornby''s best novel to date'' Spectator''Sharply funny, touching'' Daily Telegraph''Pitch-perfect'' ObserverNick Hornby has captivated readers and achieved wide critical acclaim for his comic, well-observed novels About a Boy, How to be Good, A Long Way Down (shortlisted for the Whitbread Award), Slam and High Fidelity. His three works of non-fiction, 31 Songs (shortlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award), Fever Pitch (winner of the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award) and The Complete Polysyllabic Spree are also available from Penguin.

Brought to you by Penguin. ''Can I explain why I wanted to jump off the top of a tower block?''For disgraced TV presenter Martin Sharp the answer''s pretty simple: he has, in his own words, ''pissed his life away''. And on New Year''s Eve, he''s going to end it all ... But not, as it happens, alone. Because first single-mum Maureen, then eighteen-year-old Jess and lastly American rock-god JJ turn up and crash Martin''s private party. They''ve stolen his idea - but brought their own reasons.Yet it''s hard to jump when you''ve got an audience queuing impatiently behind you. A few heated words and some slices of cold pizza later and these four strangers are suddenly allies. But is their unlikely friendship a good enough reason to carry on living?Nick Hornby''s hilarious bestseller about strangers and secrets, now a major motion picture starring Rosamund Pike and Pierce Brosnan.