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Everyone's Reading Bastard

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Everyone's Reading Bastard

Bestselling author Nick Hornby (â‚¬Å“High Fidelity,â‚¬Â â‚¬Å“Fever Pitch,â‚¬Â â‚¬Å“About a Boy,â‚¬Â â‚¬Å“Juliet, Nakedâ‚¬Â) is a virtuoso at love gone wrong. In his new short story, â‚¬Å“Everyoneâ‚¬s Reading Bastard,â‚¬Â Hornby paints a wincingly comic picture of just how messy modern relationships can become, as his characters hit delightful new lows of cruelty, misery, and pettiness.

Newspaper columnist Elaine Harris has always written about her life with husband Charlie. Her editor and her legions of readers count on full disclosure from her, but what no oneâ‚¬"least of all Charlieâ‚¬"anticipates, only a week after the couple decide to end their marriage, is the speed and inventiveness with which she begins to try him in the court of public opinion. On Monday morning, itâ‚¬s a smirk by a forgettable former lover that first clues him in that somethingâ‚¬s wrong. Then, before heâ‚¬s settled in at his desk, another co-worker salutes Charlie with the title of Elaineâ‚¬s new column: â‚¬Å“Bastard!â‚¬Â A quick check online leads him to the column, the subtitle leaving little doubt as to what heâ‚¬s in for: â‚¬Å“Life with an Ex. Heâ‚¬s Gone but Not Forgotten.â‚¬Â Charlieâ‚¬s only hope is that Elaine will get bored and abandon the weekly columnâ‚¬"a colorful litany of his failures as a partner, father, breadwinner, and loverâ‚¬"or that it wonâ‚¬t catch on. But soon enough itâ‚¬s a multimedia feeding frenzy, and everyoneâ‚¬s reading Bastard! And for Charlie, thatâ‚¬s a bitch.

Only a storyteller like Hornbyâ‚¬"whoâ‚¬s given us so many unforgettable novels of comedy and heartbreakâ‚¬"could conceive of an average guy trying to survive an exâ‚¬s wrath gone viral. Witty and wise, outlandish and human, his latest rollicking account of loveâ‚¬s fallout should be instructive: Sometimes no one wins. Sorry, Charlie.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Nick Hornby is the author of the memoir â‚¬Å“Fever Pitchâ‚¬Â and six novels, including â‚¬Å“High Fidelity,â‚¬Â â‚¬Å“About a Boy,â‚¬Â and, most recently, â‚¬Å“Juliet, Naked.â‚¬Â He is also the author of â‚¬Å“Songbook,â‚¬Â a finalist for a National Book Critics Circle Award for music criticism, and editor of the short-story collection â‚¬Å“Speaking with the Angel.â‚¬Â His screenplay for â‚¬Å“An Educationâ‚¬Â was nominated for an Academy Award. He lives in North London.

Country	USA
Author	Nick Hornby
Binding	Kindle Edition
EISBN	9781614520313
Format	Kindle eBook
IsAdultProduct
Label	Byliner Inc.
Manufacturer	Byliner Inc.
NumberOfPages	35
PublicationDate	2012-06-29
Publisher	Byliner Inc.
ReleaseDate	2012-06-29
Studio	Byliner Inc.