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By Nick Hornby First published in Great Britain by Victor Gollancz,
1995 Publisherd in Penguin Books 2000 |
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The story is about a man called Rob. He lives in
London with his girlfriend Laura in a loft which is full of CD’s and LP’s.
Explanation: He is the boss of a little record shop called Championship
Vinyl. His two freaky employees and Rob play games all day long; for
example, they make top five lists of the best black musicians or the best
guitar solo in a song. Because of that the shop is not running too
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The story begins with Laura breaking up with Rob.
Because of that Rob thinks about his
old relationships and why they have not worked out. So he starts to analyse
his feelings and Laura` s feelings. |
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When he finds out that Laura has got a new boyfriend
Rob freaks almost out. Her new one is an old neighbour of theirs, Ray. Rob
remembers how Laura and himself lay on the bed at night and listened to Ray
having love affairs and how they made jokes about him. |
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He starts calling his other ex-girlfriends to ask
what went wrong and he asks Laura why she does all that. So we come to know
that Laura had an abortion and that Rob once cheated her. |
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As Rob sleeps with a singer, he feels very
successful. |
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He still wants to get back together with Laura and keeps
phoning her, but Ray tells her to forget him. Ray also goes to Rob and talks
with him. He tells Rob that he should leave Laura alone and that she feels
better now, without him. |
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But as Laura’s dad dies, things change. She phones
Rob. She asks him to come to the funeral. There he tells her that he feels so
sorry about all that has happened between them but Laura does not want to
listen to him because she is too tired to fight. So Rob leaves. As he is
waiting at the bus stop she comes and forgives him. They get back together. |
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As a confirmation of his new behaviour, Rob manages
not to bother Laura with a reporter who interviews him because of the shop.
He realises that what he has with Laura is real and good and that he does not
need any other women or affairs. |
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I think that this book is an un-cheesy love story
about an unfaithful man who is never happy with what he has. Rob needs
confirmation in everything and cannot accept his own live. |
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I liked the alternation between interpretation of
music they make all the time and the sadness of the love of Rob to Laura. To
read how Laura cannot leave Rob alone but cannot be back with him either, is
fascinating: She phones him a few times and never refuses him much. When he
wants to ask her something she always comes round. |
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I think Nick Hornby is a genius. How he can write
such a story without it getting boring. I like the words Mr. Hornby uses, the
adjectives he uses to describe a person or a situation. It is easy to read
and funny to see how an adult man thinks and acts. He goes through a funny
development, from an uncertain, or rather disconcerted man, to one who knows
what love is and what a relationship is made of and how rewarding it is. |
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I liked it very much and I recommend it to everyone
to read. |
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In the movie Rob is not such an arrogant man who
would cheat is girl-friend. He is the poor boy who always gets dumped for
nothing. |
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Otherwise the movie is really close to the book and
it is a two hour experience I would not like to have missed. |
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