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High Fidelity is the story of Rob, a pop music junkie who runs his own semi-failing record store. His girlfriend Laura has just left him for Ian from the flat upstairs. Rob is both miserable and relieved. After all, could he have spent his life with someone who has a bad record collection? This narrowly misses his list of all-time top five most memorable split-ups.
Rob seeks refuge in the company of Barry and Dick, the offbeat clerks at his store. They speak the masculine language of lists, endlessly reviewing their top five films (Reservoir Dogs...); top five Elvis Costello songs ("Alison"...); top five episodes of Cheers (the one where Woody sang his stupid song to Kelly...).
Rob tries dating a singer called Marie (a post-Partridge family, pre-L.A. Law Susan Dey), who once sold a song to Nanci Griffith. Her rendition of "Baby, I Love Your Way" makes him cry. But maybe it's just that he's always wanted to sleep with someone who has a record contract.
Then he sees Laura again. And Rob begins to think (as awful as it sounds) that life as an episode of thirtysomething, with all the kids and marriages and jobs and barbecues and k.d. lang CDs that this implies, might not be so bad.
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Sound recordings, Man-woman relationships, Fiction, Man-woman relationships, fiction, England, fiction, Fiction, coming of age, Fiction, humorous, general, Young men, Popular music fans, Literature, English fiction, Relaciones hombre-mujer, Jóvenes (Varones), Ficción, Popular music, English literature, Fiction, humorous, Fiction, women, Men, Psychology, Social life and customs, Manners and customs, AlleinstehenderPlaces
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High Fidelity: A Novel
October 4, 2005, Riverhead Trade
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in English
1594481784 9781594481789
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High Fidelity
April 9, 2004, Putnam Pub Group (a)
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0786546913 9780786546916
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High Fidelity (Movie-tie In): A Novel
March 1, 2000, Riverhead Trade
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in English
1573228214 9781573228213
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High Fidelity (French Edition)
August 31, 2000, Omnibus
Paperback
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2259194087 9782259194082
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High Fidelity (German Edition)
June 1, 1999, Droemersche Verlagsanstalt Th. Knaur Nachf. GmbH &
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3426612704 9783426612705
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High Fidelity
1998, Knaur, Kiepenheuer & Witsch
Taschenbuch
in German
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3426604361 9783426604366
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High Fidelity
May 11, 1998, Riverhead Hardcover
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in English
- Abridged edition
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High fidelity
1996, Riverhead Books
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High Fidelity (Special Sale)
September 28, 1995, Random House Audiobooks
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1856864863 9781856864862
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Nick Hornby's first novel, an international bestseller and instantly recognized by critics and readers alike as a classic, helps to explain men to women, and men to men. Rob is good on music: he owns a small record shop and has strong views on what's decent and what isn't. But he's much less good on relationships. In fact, he's not at all sure that he wants to commit himself to anyone. So it's hardly surprising that his girlfriend decides that enough is enough.
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