Juliet, Naked
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Nick Hornby
NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING ETHAN HAWKE AND ROSE BYRNEFrom the beloved New York Times bestselling author, a quintessential Nick Hornby tale of music, superfandom, and the truths and lies we tell ourselves about life and love.Annie finds herself caught in the web of a relationship with Duncan, who adores Tucker Crowe, a reclusive singer-songwriter who vanished from the music scene years ago. As Annie's love for Duncan fades, an unexpected email correspondence with Tucker sparks a connection between two searching souls.What happens when a washed-up musician looks for another chance? And miles away, a restless, childless woman looks for a change? Juliet, Naked is a powerfully engrossing, humblingly humorous novel about music, love, loneliness, and the struggle to live up to one’s promise.
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Author
Nick Hornby
Pages
416
Publisher
Penguin
Published Date
2010-09-07
ISBN
1594484775 9781594484773
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"Whenever I read a Nick Hornby novel I find myself casting the movie before I've gone 100 pages. The characters and settings are always so vivid, so tangible, so fully realized, it's as though you're eavesdropping on a conversation. Continuing his poignant examinations of midlife men and their pitiful obsessions, _Juliet_ revolves around Duncan, a manchild who cluelessly idolizes reclusive musician Tucker Crowe; and Duncan's girlfriend Annie, whom he patronizingly dismisses for "not getting it". In a supremely ironic twist, it's Annie who ends up forging a meaningful connection with Tucker, whose evaluation of his own work is closer to Annie's than to that of Duncan and the Internet addicted "Crowologists".<br/><br/>Great LOL dialogue: <br/>"...some people believe that eating meat is wrong. And other people believe it's bad for you. And some people believe both."<br/><br/>"What do we believe?"<br/><br/>"I guess we believe both, but we don't care enough to do anything about it".<br/><br/>Great relationship comedy that never quite veers into sitcom."
Lesley Williams
"Solid. Suitable ending. Maybe there was a part of me that wanted to see a happy ending, but I liked the reality of it. I enjoyed Nick Hornby's writing style. The characters were very relatable. "
Sean Canada