Later novels give more emphasis to female characters, while continuing to explore the need (and often failure) to attain emotional connection and fulfilment. These portraits of British males hovering uncertainly between youth and middle age are offered without judgement or condemnation: on the contrary, Hornby presents his characters, who are often semi-autobiographical, with wry amusement and a gentle, affectionate chiding. In his early work in particular, his 30-something male characters, struggling with emotional maturity and wandering aimlessly in their careers and love lives, invite male readers to wryly recognise themselves and their own hapless lives, while female readers are offered an opportunity to understand the sometimes incomprehensible emotions and behaviours of their male counterparts. Since the publication of Fever Pitch in 1992, Nick Hornby's work has attained both critical acclaim and great popularity with the reading public, captivating both male and female readers. His book The Complete Polysyllabic Spree (2006) is an account of his reading and a collection of columns from Believer magazine.
Forster Award by the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His latest novels are Slam (2007), Juliet, Naked (2009) and Funny Girl (2014). 31 Songs (2003), celebrates 31 songs of great significance to the author, and A Long Way Down (2005), was shortlisted for the 2005 Whitbread Novel Award and for a 2006 Commonwealth Writers Prize. It won the WH Smith Award for Fiction in 2002. His novel, How to Be Good (2001), explores contemporary morals, marriage and parenthood. A film version, starring Hugh Grant, premiered in 2002. His second novel, About a Boy (1998), focuses on the growing relationship between 30-something Will Freeman and Marcus, a 12-year-old boy. His first novel, High Fidelity (1995), is the story of an obsessive record collector and list-maker, and was adapted as a film in 2000 starring John Cusack. His fiction continues to explore male obsessions, crises and weaknesses. In 2012, it was recognised for its Outstanding Contribution to Sports Writing at the British Sports Book Awards.
It won the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award and was adapted as both a play and a film, the latter starring Colin Firth. Fever Pitch, his memoir of a life devoted to Arsenal football club, was published in 1992. His first book, a series of critical essays on American novelists, was published in 1992.
He graduated from Cambridge University and taught English to foreign students while reviewing for magazines including Time Out and the Literary Review. Nick Hornby was born in Redhill, Surrey, England, in 1957.
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