Penguin Announces The Publication Of Nick Hornby's Latest Novel
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on: August 13, 2009, 12:09 am
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Penguin has announced the publication of Juliet, Naked, the
long awaited novel from Nick Hornby, which sees him return to the music
world and will be released by Viking in hardback.
Juliet, Naked, Nick's latest novel for adults after a four year wait since A Long Way Down, is
about the nature of creativity and obsession, and how two lonely people can
gradually find each other.
Juliet, Naked tells the story of Annie and Duncan, a mid-thirties couple whose
shared interest in musician Tucker Crowe brings them together before ultimately
splitting them apart.
Tony Lacey, Nick's editor at Penguin, said: "Fans of
Hornby's High Fidelity will doubtless be delighted to learn that his next novel
takes him back into the music world, though nowhere near the north London of Fever
Pitch. His protagonist is a reclusive 80s rock star who is forced out of isolation
when the release of a stripped-down version of his most famous album brings him into
contact with some of his most passionate fans. Set in America and Lincolnshire, the
novel tells the story of two lonely people finding each other across decades and
continents."
Nick Hornby was born in 1957. He is the author of five previous novels, High Fidelity, About a
Boy, How To Be Good, A Long Way Down (shortlisted for the Whitbread Award) and Slam;
three works of non-fiction, Fever Pitch (winner of the William Hill Sports Book of
the Year Award), 31 Songs (shortlisted for the National Books Critics Circle Award)
and The Complete Polysyllabic Spree; and a Pocket Penguin book of short stories,
Otherwise Pandemonium. He recently wrote the screenplay for the film An Education,
which won the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival and is due for release in
the UK in October 2009. Nick Hornby lives and works in Highbury, north London.
Penguin will publish Juliet, Naked in September 2009, adding to the complete list of
Nick Hornby books already available on the Penguin website, as well as the blog
which Nick updates.
About Penguin:
Penguin was established in 1935 and is one of the world's leading consumer
publishing businesses. Penguin publishing comprises the following imprints: Allen
Lane, Fig Tree, Hamish Hamilton, Michael Joseph, Penguin, Penguin Classics, Puffin and Viking. Penguin has offices in 15
countries and is part of the international media company Pearson.
PR Contact:
Amelia Fairney
Penguin Group UK
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London
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020 7010 3466
www.penguin.co.uk
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