Songbook

"All I have to say about these songs is that I love them, and want to sing along to them, and force other people to listen to them, and get cross when these other people don't like them as much as I do." --Nick Hornby, from Songbook

A wise and hilarious collection from the bestselling author of Dickens and Prince, Just Like You, Funny Girl and About a Boy.

Songs, songwriters, and why and how they get under our skin...

Songbook is Nick Hornby's labor of love. A shrewd, funny, and completely unique collection of musings on pop music, why it's good, what makes us listen and love it, and the ways in which it attaches itself to our lives--all with the beat of a perfectly mastered mix tape.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 10/07/2003
ISBN: 9781573223560
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.41lbs
Size: 7.98h x 5.26w x 0.60d
Award: National Book Critics Circle Award - Nominee

Review Citations: New York Times 06/01/2003 pg. 25
New York Times 10/26/2003 pg. 28
Kliatt 01/01/2004 pg. 37
New York Times 12/07/2003 pg. 80
New York Review of Books 05/13/2004 pg. 22