Nick Hornby

Nick Hornby (born 17 April 1957) is an English novelist and essayist who lives in Highbury, Islington (London). He frequently touches upon obsessive behavior (usually male, and related to two of his own interests: sports and music), and writes in what some say is a funny, entertaining style, containing hidden depths.

Film adaptations

Several of Hornby's books have made the jump from page to screen. Hornby wrote the screenplay for the first, a 1997 British adaptation of Fever Pitch, starring Colin Firth. It was followed in 2000 by High Fidelity, starring John Cusack; this adaptation was notable in that the action was shifted from London to Chicago. After this success, About a Boy was quickly picked up, and released in 2002, starring Hugh Grant. An Americanized Fever Pitch, in which Jimmy Fallon plays a hopelessly addicted Boston Red Sox fan who tries to reconcile his love of the game with that of his girlfriend (Drew Barrymore), was released in 2005. It appears likely that A Long Way Down will also be adapted; Johnny Depp purchased film rights to the book before it was even published.

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1997 - Fever Pitch - Colin Firth - 2000 - John Cusack - London - Chicago - 2002 - Hugh Grant - Fever Pitch - Jimmy Fallon - Boston Red Sox - Drew Barrymore - 2005 - Johnny Depp

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