Juliet, Naked - Nick Hornby

From the beloved New York Times bestselling author, a quintessential Nick Hornby tale of music, superfandom, and the truths and lies we tell ourselves about life and love.

Annie loves Duncanor thinks she does. Duncan loves Annie, but then, all of a sudden, he doesnt. Duncan really loves Tucker Crowe, a reclusive Dylanish singer-songwriter who stopped making music ten years ago. Annie stops loving Duncan, and starts getting her own life.

In doing so, she initiates an e-mail correspondence with Tucker, and a connection is forged between two lonely people who are looking for more out of what theyve got. Tuckers been languishing (and hes unnervingly aware of it), living in rural Pennsylvania with what he sees as his one hope for redemption amid a life of emotional and artistic ruinhis young son, Jackson. But then theres also the new material hes about to release to the world: an acoustic, stripped-down version of his greatest album, Juliet entitled, Juliet, Naked.

What happens when a washed-up musician looks for another chance? And miles away, a restless, childless woman looks for a change? Juliet, Naked is a powerfully engrossing, humblingly humorous novel about music, love, loneliness, and the struggle to live up to ones promise.

ISBN: 9781594488870

Pages: 406

Hardcover with dustjacket

Riverhead Books, 2009

First Edition

Good condition

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