High Fidelity

Journalist Nick Hornby makes a dazzling literary debut with this engaging novel that follows the plight of a London record shop owner. In his mid-30s, Rob deals with his traumatized love life - after splitting with his long-time girlfriend - by compulsively making song lists and devising a new filing system for his enormous vintage record collection. Rob uses every coping device possible to neurotically deal with his own unrest. Fabulously funny and subtly stylish, High Fidelity will have you howling with laughter. 323 pages.