'Funny, compulsive and contemporary' - GQ 'He should write for England' - Observer 'Hornby writes with a funny, fresh voice which skewers male and female foibles with hilarious accuracy' - Guardian The list of praise goes on, but the books speak for themselves - here's your chance to dip in, read an extract and find out more. 'Funny, provocative, immensely readable. It is not simply about music … it is about Hornby, and us, and about being alive. His enthusiasm is such that he makes me want to be a better listener - and I can offer no better compliment. A triumph' Tim Lott, Evening Standard   More... If you enjoyed Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill and Bridget Jones's Diary, you're in for a treat as Working Title release their latest hit, About a Boy. Based on Nick Hornby's best-selling novel, the film stars Hugh Grant, Toni Collette and Rachel Weisz, and is on nationwide release from 26 April 2002. We take a sneak peek at stills from the film, plus you can get your copy of the tie-in book here. © 2002 Universal Studios. All rights reserved.   More... "When [David] goes to this dinner party I had been thinking about what it would be like if one extracted cynicism, almost surgically, from a conversation and you weren't allowed to say anything bad about anyone. I think ordinary social discourse in Britain would completely grind to a halt. You know, you're not even allowed to say anything bad about Jeffrey Archer." - Nick Hornby   More...   Listen to the audiobook, read by Frances Barber "I was conscious of wanting to be a bit darker when I wrote About a Boy. I think the process generally is to try and get darker and funnier as much as I possibly can." - Nick Hornby   More... "One of the reasons I wanted to write High Fidelity was that I wanted to write from the point of view of a narrator who didn't have any of the hindsight that I was able to have in Fever Pitch. There seems to be more drama in somebody who is trying to make up his mind all the time and failing." - Nick Hornby   More... "When I was talking to publishers and agents about it [Fever Pitch] they told me no chance, trying to sell a football book" - Nick Hornby   More... "Soon after I had decided to ask some of the writers I knew and admired to contribute to this book, I read an interview with Bono in the Guardian, in which he talked about the Jubilee 2000 campaign, aimed at reducing the Third World's debt to the West ... The interview brought me up short. I'm not Bono, of course [and] I'm not much of a shouter by nature, but Speaking with the Angel is my way at least of raising my voice." - Nick Hornby All royalties from the sales of Speaking with the Angel will be donated to The Treehouse Trust, a charity for autistic children supported by Nick Hornby.   More...   Listen to an extract from the audiobook, read by Miriam Margoyles top