Karen U. (editorgrrl) reviewed on 6/20/2005 + 255 more book reviews

12 first-person narratives edited by Nick Hornby:
"PMQ" by Robert Harris (Horby's brother-in-law)
The Wonder Spot by Melissa Bank (I can't wait to read her new book of the same name, to see how the story has evolved.)
"Last Requests" by Giles Smith
"Peter Shelley" by Patrick Marber (Like Morvern Callar, this story has a soundtrack that I heard in my head as I readBuzzcocks, of course.)
"The Department of Nothing" by Colin Firth (Yes, Mr. Darcy.)
"I'm the Only One" by Zadie Smith
"NippleJesus" by Nick Hornby (Made me think of the character Claire on HBO's Six Feet Under.)
"After I Was Thrown in the River and Before I Drowned" by Dave Eggers (The dog started out really manic, but mellowed too abruptly.)
"Luckybitch" by Helen Fielding
"The Slave" by Roddy Doyle
"Catholic Guilt (You Know You Love It)" by Irvine Welsh (Homophobic, and Welsh slips in & out of the slang he used so consistently in Trainspotting.
"Walking into the Wind" by John O'Farrell

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