31 Songs

<p><b>FROM THE MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF<i> ABOUT A BOY</i> </b><br><br><b><i>31 Songs</i> is best-selling author Nicky Hornby's ultimate desert island disks<br></b><br>Through thirty-one songs that he either loves or has loved, Nick Hornby tells us what music means to his life. These personal and passionate pieces - refreshingly free of pretension - are a celebration of the joy that certain songs have given him. Together with additional writings on music from his column in the new Yorker - seen in the UK for the first time - <i>31 Songs</i> is for Hornby what many of us have always wanted: a soundtrack to accompany life.<br><br><b>Winner of The National Book Critics Circle award, this funny and touchingly personal book is a must for music fans everywhere.<br></b><br>'Original, well written and wholly lacking in pretension...as good a book about pop music as I have read in many years and the most accomplished of Hornby's books so far' <i><b>Spectator</b></i><br><br>'Funny, provocative, immensely readable. It is not simply about music...it is about Hornby, and us, and about being alive. His enthusiasm is such that he makes me want to be a better listener - and I can offer no better compliment. A triumph' Tim Lott, <i><b>Evening Standard</b><br><br></i>'Refreshing, candid, very moving. Reminds you why you loved music before you knew enough to explain your love away' <i><b>Uncut</b></i></p> <p><b>FROM THE MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF<i> ABOUT A BOY</i> </b><br><br><b><i>31 Songs</i> is best-selling author Nicky Hornby's ultimate desert island disks<br></b><br>Through thirty-one songs that he either loves or has loved, Nick Hornby tells us what music means to his life. These personal and passionate pieces - refreshingly free of pretension - are a celebration of the joy that certain songs have given him. Together with additional writings on music from his column in the new Yorker - seen in the UK for the first time - <i>31 Songs</i> is for Hornby what many of us have always wanted: a soundtrack to accompany life.<br><br><b>Winner of The National Book Critics Circle award, this funny and touchingly personal book is a must for music fans everywhere.<br></b><br>'Original, well written and wholly lacking in pretension...as good a book about pop music as I have read in many years and the most accomplished of Hornby's books so far' <i><b>Spectator</b></i><br><br>'Funny, provocative, immensely readable. It is not simply about music...it is about Hornby, and us, and about being alive. His enthusiasm is such that he makes me want to be a better listener - and I can offer no better compliment. A triumph' Tim Lott, <i><b>Evening Standard</b><br><br></i>'Refreshing, candid, very moving. Reminds you why you loved music before you knew enough to explain your love away' <i><b>Uncut</b></i></p>