Songbook

by Dzama, Marcel, [ Marcel Dzama, Nick Hornby ]

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San Francisco, CA: McSweeny's Books, 2002. Good. Light wear to corners. 18.5 x 18.5 cm; sewn bound; color; edition size unknown; unsigned and unnumbered; offset-printed; A funny little book of drawings by Marcel Dzama and essays by Nick Hornby on music. Book includes audio CD with songs by Paul Westerberg, Teenage Fanclub, The Bible, Aimee Mann, Rufus Wainwright, Rod Stewart, Badly Drawn Boy, Mark Mulcahy, Ben Folds Five, and Ani DiFranco. ISBN: 0971904774

Book summary

In 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.