Nick Hornby

By PopMatters Staff

Nick Hornby tells PopMatters 20 Questions about his affiliation with Seinfeld’s George Costanza, his soon-to-be-released album with Ben Folds, and this great bargain he got from a Russian website… [13 September 2009]

Love in the Time of Record Shops

By Jennifer Makowsky

Technology may have changed the way we obtain music, but as Nick Hornby's High Fidelity reminds us, it can never alter our love affair with the medium. [21 April 2008]

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Juliet, Naked by Nick Hornby

By Mike Garrett

Nick Hornby revisits the musically obsessed, and those who love them, in a quasi-sequel to High Fidelity. [28 September 2009]

Slam by Nick Hornby

By Katie Haegele

Writer of 'male confessionals' turns his talent to a teen. [2 January 2008]

Housekeeping vs. The Dirt by Nick Hornby

By Mikita Brottman

Hornby seems unable to decide if this is a serious book about reading, or a light-hearted diary for his friends and fans, to be taken with a pinch of salt. [25 September 2006]

A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby

By Steve Shymanik

Suicide strikes me as a singularly solitary endeavor, but these four wankers all choose the one spot in all of London at the one time in all of the year when they'd be likely to encounter other suicidal roof-climbers. [1 July 2005]

The Polysyllabic Spree by Nick Hornby

By Nicholas Taylor

Nick Hornby is just humble enough that you cannot hate or resent him, yet authoritative enough that you still retain some reason to respect and be interested in his opinion on books. [1 February 2005]

Songbook by Nick Hornby

By Mitch Pugh

A glorious and long overdue celebration of popular music. [23 April 2003]