Nick Hornby (Cyclopedia of World Authors)
Nick Hornby has come to define a certain populist strain in British fiction in the 1990’s and at the turn of the millennium. He was born in Highbury in suburban north London, where he continued to live and which provided the settings for his books. His parents divorced when he was a boy; his mother’s relative poverty and his father’s more affluent lifestyle in France with his second family affected Hornby’s choice of friends and pastimes, including collecting pop music and watching football (soccer). The latter, which began as a way of forging a relationship with his father...
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