Nods from Nick…

Nick Hornby’s new book Songbook (published by McSweeney’s) , a collection of essays on his favorite songs with an accompaning CD is fantastic. I’m not the worlds biggest fan of Hornby’s fiction, even though I’ve read them all. Although I’ve always had fun with his novels, I think he’s week at character voice. Or put another way, I feel like I’ve got a story in front of me and Nick Hornby jabbering in my ear about it.

His non-fiction though, oh yeah. His pop music column in the New Yorker are sublime, even when they focus too often on bands like Sublime. So Songbook was a slam dunk for me, albeit a rather pricey one. It’s a little book (like 150 pages) but nearly 25 bucks. Yeoow. However the production quality (complete with lovely illustrations by Marcel Dzama) is superb.

Right now I’m on a three song a day diet and very satisfied.

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