BOOK GROUP: High Fidelity

by Nick Horn

The Library Book Group is teaming up with the Movie Theater this month. We’ll meet at the Movie Theater at 5pm to discuss our book selection, High Fidelity by Nick Hornby. And, we will watch the movie by the same title and discuss the comparison following the showing.

Date: Tuesday, August 16th
Time: 5:00pm (A screening of the movie will begin at 6pm.)
Location: Fishers Island Theater

High Fidelity is a wise and hilarious novel about love, heartbreak, and rock and roll.

Rob is a pop music junkie who runs his own semi-failing record store. His girlfriend, Laura, has just left him for the guy upstairs, and Rob is both miserable and relieved. After all, could he have spent his life with someone who has a bad record collection? Rob seeks refuge in the company of the offbeat clerks at his store, who endlessly review their top five films (Reservoir Dogs…); top five Elvis Costello songs (“Alison”…); top five episodes of Cheers (the one where Woody sang his stupid song to Kelly…). Rob tries dating a singer whose rendition of “Baby, I Love Your Way” makes him cry. But maybe it’s just that he’s always wanted to sleep with someone who has a record contract. Then he sees Laura again. And Rob begins to think (awful as it sounds) that life as an episode of thirtysomething, with all the kids and marriages and barbecues and k.d. lang CD’s that this implies, might not be so bad.

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