Juliet, Naked

[fat cherry]

yes, thats right, naked. But you can calm down now. I mean the novel by Nick Hornby.

Anyone read this? Standard Hornby stuff and not his best but entertaining enough. When I say its standard stuff I mean all that relationships stuff he does - in his usual style of bits of dialog or action interspersed with pontification on, well, what its all about. The only reason I thought it might be of interest around here is that one of the characters is a singer who suddenly packed it all in 20 years ago, and another is an obsessive fan who has a website (its OK, Mr Brian, I'm not drawing any comparisons) and spends his time discussing the minutae of the lyrics and the reasons why the blokes never been seen for 20 years. And then a copy of a new release comes into his posession - the acoustic demos of the blokes most famous album - Juliet, hence Juliet, Naked. geddit, and thats when it all kicks off. So anyway, theres also stuff about the fan/artist relationship and, just for good measure the fan vs artist relationship with their work. Wow. Anyway, haven't really given much away there, but if I mention the love interest thrown into the mix with the usual uber-sensible female character (he always has one of those, I think he's scared to have a witless stupid or selfish female character), you could probably write it yourself, so I wont.

[Dave Smith]

I thought you meant the woman from Lost.....

[Voodoo Billy]

Has it got pictures?

[fat cherry]

only the ones in my head.......

[withahip]

I'll read it. It has been so long since I read Fidelity that his writing style won't be beat.

[Dr Evil]

As an obsessive fan of several bands including the Bunnymen of course, that sounds an interesting read. Though I am obsessed in a healthy manner and definitely not a psycho-stalker. Honest.

[tonywojo]

As an obsessive fan of several bands including the Bunnymen of course, that sounds an interesting read. Though I am obsessed in a healthy manner and definitely not a psycho-stalker. Honest.

Ill vouch for him.

[black francis]

I'm up to page 220 something and have come to the conclusion I am indeed a loser (as if the Jedi/Sith thread hadn't convinced everyone). Almost 7000 posts? Where has my life gone? I used to get paid to write. Now I sell screenwriting software to people who still have ideas and hope.

Nowadays I can barely generate enough enthusiasm to masturbate much less write anything of worth.

Thanks Nick. I hope the rest of the book is just as life affirming as the previous 220 some odd pages.

[JackT]

And there is still nobody naked in this thread.

[black francis]

Dr. Cheese doesn't just pull his cock out for free.

[Dr Cheese]

Damn straight!

[DivaDiana77]

Has it got pictures?

Perhaps BF can draw some suitable pictures. I only opened this thread because it said "naked" and I thought there would be cartoons.

[black francis]

I'm still lamenting the loss of my muse. No naughty pictures until I get it back.

[Kounelaki]

Tell Black Francis, O Muse, of the man of many naughty pictures.

[fat cherry]

Thanks Nick. I hope the rest of the book is just as life affirming as the previous 220 some odd pages.

thats nearly at the end! and nick's always a bit reaffirming at the end. though i never finished that one about the suicide people meeting at the top of a tower. one thing i didn't like about this book is the made up seaside town name (well I think it is, never heard of it myself) and he usually writes well enough about real places.