Nick Hornby
Nick Hornby Exposing 'Books Invisible to the Grown-Up Literary World'?
Nick Hornby is publishing a new "Young Adult" book about a teenage boy who grapples with the prospect of becoming a young dad by talking to a poster of skateboarder Tony Hawk on his bedroom wall. Thanks in part to Mr. Hornby's big baby main characters, a literary "Young Adult" hero's age has increased from 17 years old (tops) to a moldy 25! The immaturity of the iGeneration strikes again! read more »
Soccer Hijacked by Pinheads Coasting on World Cup Fever
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Midfielder DaMarcus Beasley of the U.S. national team.
In 2004, Franklin Foer, then a writer for The New Republic and Slate, published a book called How So read more »
Four Jumpers Who Flop: Hornby's Latest Falls Flat
A Long Way Down, by Nick Hornby. Riverhead, 333 pages, $24.95.
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