Book summaryIn this collection of short essays, Hornby writes about 26 of his favorite songs--or rather, the 26 he liked best while he was writing the book. A companion of sorts to his novel HIGH FIDELITY, which features music-obsessed record store clerks forever making "best of" lists, SONGBOOK examines pop songs, the process by which they become lodged in the brain, and Hornby's own life. The package includes a compact disc that contains 11 of the songs discussed. A New York Times Notable Book for 2003. Media reviews"[A] small, singular and delightfully passionate new book. SONGBOOK is a kind of prose equivalent of a mix-tape -- as the cover, with its evocation of a hand-labeled jewel-case insert, beautifully imparts." |
Songbookby Hornby, Nick; Dzama, Marcel (illus)First Edition
Book description: San Francisco, CA: McSweeney's Books, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Very minimal shelf wear, else tight, bright and unmarred. Quarterbound, navy cloth spine, pictorial boards, paper label at spine, deep green endpages. Square 8vo. 147pp. Illus. (color plates). Essays on music and culture by the author of "High Fidelity" (the basis of a wonderful film by the same name starring John Cusack) and including an 11 song CD mounted at the rear pastedown. Brilliantly illustrated by Dzama. A very handsome copy of this remarkable volume.
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