![]() ![]() It seems to me that Fever Pitch is much more raw and bereft of the "cool" imposture, showing more of the actual person behind the story. You may argue that Rob isn't cool anymore, but I think his lifestyle definitely has some of that wish-fulfillment every office worker dreams about (i.e, not having a job, doing your own thing, revert to adolescence). It seems like, for as much as Nick puts of himself in the page, that High Fidelity still has a lot of the artist's pretense to show himself (or his alter-ego) as cool. It's insightful in its best passages, but not quite moving as Fever Pitch, the other Hornby book I read. It's very funny and any male can definitely see himself reflected in some (not all, or you'd be a bastard) of Rob's attitudes. The movie's an almost perfect adaptation of the book (not surprisingly, since the narration and the plot are pretty straightforward and very suitable as screenplay material). ![]() ![]() Since I saw the movie before reading the book, this one held no surprises for me. ![]()
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