In the wake of his classic album "Juliet" a moderately famous American musician disappears into a self-imposed exile, prompting a rabid online fandom; meanwhile, a lonely British woman strikes up an online friendship with him, and the two gradually coax each other back to life in Nick Hornby's Juliet, Naked.
I have been a fan of Hornby's books for a while. They are usually pretty light and funny, and thus have been easily digested into moviedom (High Fidelity, About A Boy). He has always been adept at writing about people who have come to some sort of dead end and need to be jolted awake by various turns of events.
Although Juliet, Naked features a lot of Hornby's familiar standbys--stunted adults, busted relationships, wise children, pop culture riffs--I think his storytelling has been deepening over his last few novels. His observations seem more pointed and his characters more complex.
I always look forward to Nick Hornby's latest and found this one especially rewarding. Recommended.
I checked this out from the Morrison-Reeves Library in Richmond, Indiana.
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