[lit-ideas] Re: Nick Hornby, anyone?
- From: Julie Krueger <juliereneb@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2010 06:14:29 -0500
I find him a bit like Seinfeld ... ordinary everyday stuff described so
perfectly that it's hilarious. I do think he has his finger on the pulse
of simply living in a terribly messy world and life. I found his
conversations, including those within his own head, very amusing. He's
honest, you know, about how imperfect people react to imperfect situations.
Btw, re. going wrong not doing stuff people told me not to, I second that
emotion.
Julie Krueger
On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 8:02 PM, David Ritchie <ritchierd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
> On Jun 2, 2010, at 2:02 PM, Julie Krueger wrote:
>
> It's too hot by far to be out mucking around in the out of doors and a
>> pipe burst underneath the house leaving me without running water for the
>> afternoon, so I've taken up "About a Boy" ... finding it terribly
>> diversionary (or is it only my frame of reference?). Anyone else like him?
>> Know how "High Fidelity" compares?
>>
>
> I remember liking him, but I can't recall why. An English Woody Allen?
> Neurosis as humor? The Zeitgeist is certainly in tune with him. I opened
> today's newspaper and among the books recommended was something about being
> a reformed skinhead. Yesterday evening on Terry Gross was Samantha Bee, "I
> stole cars and stuff, but now..." Where did I go wrong? Ta be famous, you
> gotta have a past. My mistake, clearly, was not doing the stuff people told
> me not to do. Well, mostly.
>
> David Ritchie,
> suffering from a touch of the Gearies possibly, in
>
> Portland, Oregon
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