Hornby published his first book in 1992, a collection of essays about american writers such as tobias wolff and ann beattie, titled contemporary american fiction. Immediately download the nick hornby summary, chapterbychapter analysis, book notes, essays, quotes, character descriptions, lesson plans, and more everything you need for. For 16yearold sam, life is about to get extremely complicated. About a boy and an education were all made into movies. Pdf slam book by nick hornby free download 309 pages. The book made me laugh but it also surprised me and i learnt a lot of it.
In chapters 1016 of the novel slam by nick hornby, the readers are thrown into the whirlwind of problems a16 year old fathertobe encounters. Nick hornbys first young adult novel is about a 16yearold who lives for his skateboard, until his girl gets pregnant. Therefore it need a free signup process to obtain the book. Like the movie knocked up, this is a story about an accidental pregnancy that nudges the male protagonist into adulthood. She lives with her parents andrea and robert burns in london. In fact, he even has a poster of tony in his bedroom and talks to it sometimes. Everything seems to be okay, the only problem are skate tricks which doesnt work, but then sam meets alicia. Fever pitch, which won the william hill sports book of the year award in 1992. Hornbys first young adult novel, slam 2007, is narrated by the teenager sam.
Slam is nick hornbys first foray into the genre of the youngadult novel, but hornbys readersadult and youngadult alikewill find that they are not on altogether unfamiliar terrain. Nick hornby slam reading log chapter 1 summary the maincharacter, 15yearold sam, is introduced. Throughout the first quarter of the story we see the main character, sam, being introduced to girlfriends, sex and responsibilities he thought he wouldnt have to deal with for a while. Theres also some magical realism in the book with the main character jumping around to different periods of his life and different versions of his future. He is also the author of songbook, a finalist for a national book critics circle award, shakespeare wrote for money, and the polysyllabic spree, as well as the editor of the shortstory collection. The first edition of the novel was published in 2007, and was written by nick hornby. An audio book extract from the downloadable audiobook edition of nick hornby s moving and witty tale slam, read by nicholas hoult, star of the film about a boy, as well as channel 4s skins. Sam, the narrator of nick hornby s first teenage novel, is 18, writing about when he was 16. He exaggerated some things and he made the character sam as a very strange but also funny character. They have a friendly conversation about their lifes and dont seem to have any problems with. Get to free audio mp3 for download or listen slam audiobook by nick hornby the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of nick hornby s hilarious comingofage novel slam, read by nicholas hoult, star of the films about a boy and warm. His first book, a collection of critical essays on american novelists, was published in 1992 and was quickly followed by his celebrated soccer memoir fever pitch.
Inappropriate the list including its title or description facilitates illegal activity, or contains hate speech or ad hominem attacks on a fellow goodreads member or author. Sam, the main character of nick hornbys slam, begins his story by saying his life. The life of a young parent in britain shown in nick hornbys book slam. Nick hornby s first foray into the young adult genre, slam 2007 is about an adolescent londoner. Fever pitch, 31 songs, the complete polysyllabic spree and stuff ive been reading. Nick hornby is the author of six bestselling novels high fidelity, about a boy, how to be good, a long way down, juliet, naked and funny girl, as well as a novel for young adults, slam, and four works of acclaimed nonfiction. The new yorker calls bestselling author nick hornby athe maestro of the male confessional.
The main characters of this fiction, young adult story are. This onepage guide includes a plot summary and brief analysis of slam by nick hornby. Slam funny offers wry insights into the male psyche, making this book a good bet for hornby fans, no matter their age. Sam just asks, and then thinks about what tony would do. The novel analyses the growing up theme, humans relations and the responsibility we are supposed to take in life. He is also the author of songbook, a finalist for a national book critics circle award, and the editor of the short story collection speaking with the angel. This is a podcast which is basically a trailer to nick hornby s novel slam. Incorrect book the list contains an incorrect book please specify the title of the book. Sam is doing well at school, at least in his art classes. There was this time when everything seemed to have come together. Reading log slam by nick hornby summaryzusammenfassung. Thats where the book gets its title, slam, fromit reflects sams feeling that the skateboard hes been riding has just exploded, a. He has pretty much memorized the book hawkoccupation.
She also has an older brother and his name is rich burns. An audio book extract from the downloadable audiobook edition of nick hornbys moving and witty tale slam, read by nicholas hoult, star of the film about a boy. Sam, the narrator of nick hornbys first teenage novel, is 18, writing about when he was 16. They both meet in a restaurant and bring their new partners. Youre listening to all things considered from npr news. The recipient of the american academy of arts and letters e. A literary analysis of nick hornbys slam by pat radodo on prezi. He likes skating his idol is tony hawk, his parents dont live together anymore and hes in love with a girl named alicia. Hornbys second book, fever pitch, also published in 1992, is an autobiographical story detailing his fanatical support for arsenal football club. Nick hornbys first novel for teenagers, slam, is touching and convincing, says philip ardagh. An audio book extract from the downloadable audiobook edition of nick hornby s moving and witty tale slam, read by nicholas hoult, star of the film about a boy. As a result, hornby received the william hill sports book of the year award. He has written the screenplays for the films fever pitch, wild, brooklyn and an.
May have soft reading marks and name of the previous owner. Nick hornbys first foray into the young adult genre, slam 2007 is about an adolescent londoner named sam, and his coming of age as a young father. Nick hornby is the author of the novels how to be good, high fidelity, about a boy, and a long way down, as well as the memoir fever pitch. The witty novel slam written by british author nick hornby shows deep understanding into the life of a teenager and what it means to grow up. Best of nick hornby score a books total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book. The books main theme is teenage pregnancy and it is written from the perspective of a. I really enjoyed this book and think its a great book for teen guys. He is also the author of songbook, a finalist for a national book critics circle award, and editor of the shortstory collection speaking with the angel. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. Throughout the novel he narrates his life and we are able to see how he deals with the life changing events he encounters. Sam is suddenly forced to grow up and struggle with the.
For sam, everything is derailed, and he feels slammed for pretty much the whole book. The main characters of this fiction, music story are tucker crowe, duncan thomson. Slam is a book written by the english author nick hornby. Hornby s book slam was published on 16 october 2007. This 41page guide for about a boy by nick hornby includes detailed chapter summaries and analysis covering 36 chapters, as well as several more indepth sections of expertwritten literary analysis. Teenage parenthood as presented in slam by nick hornby. Spam or selfpromotional the list is spam or selfpromotional. The first edition of the novel was published in 2009, and was written by nick hornby.
Bestselling author nick hornby delivers his first novel for young adults. Best of nick hornby 47 books meet your next favorite book. The book s main theme is teenage pregnancy and it is written from the perspective of a teenager, sam. He is the recipient of the american academy of arts and letters e. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 309 pages and is available in hardcover format. Nick hornby is one of my favorite authors for adults.
Why is the book called slam and does it have a meaning to why it is called that. English book report slam by nick hornby english literature. S l a m also by nick hornby fiction high fidelity about a boy how to be good a long way down nonfiction fever pitch s. Alicia have gotten themselves into a bit of trouble. Slam nick hornby, author of the bestsellers about a boy and high fidelity, presents slam, a teenage novel about sam the skater who is about to grow up in big, big hurry.
A his bestselling adult novels include high fidelity and about a boy, both of which were made into highly successful movies. And so obviously it was time to go and screw it all up. Slam nick hornby audio book free download stenabticom. The protagonist of slam is a 16yearold skateboarder named sam whose life changes drastically when his girlfriend gets pregnant. His idol is tony hawk, the best skateboarder in the world. Slam is a novel written by british author nick hornby, published in 2007. The book has been awarded with manchester book award nominee for. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
The young boy deals with running away, telling his parents as well as his pregnant girlfriends parents about the sooncoming baby, his inner struggle with what he should do and what he wants to do as. Alex is sams new girlfriend and karl is alicias new boyfriend. Nick hornbys poignant and witty novel shows a rare and impressive understanding of human relationships and what it really means to be a man. The books main theme is teenage pregnancy and it is written from the perspective of a teenager, sam.
Nick hornby was born in redhill, surrey, england on april 17, 1957. Housekeeping by marilyn robinson i was reading housekeeping vs. Nick hornby is the author of the novels a long way down, slam, how to be good, high fidelity, and about a boy, and the memoir fever pitch. November 2007 at the beginning of slam, nick hornbys first youngadult novel, 16yearold sam jones says that everything in his life seemed to have come together. Get to free audio mp3 for download or listen slam audiobook by nick hornby the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of nick hornbys hilarious comingofage novel slam, read by nicholas hoult, star of the films about a. Slam is nick hornby s latest, and his first book written for or about teenagers.
November 2007 at the beginning of slam, nick hornby s first youngadult novel, 16yearold sam jones says that everything in his life seemed to have come together. He loves to skateboard and rides the rails every chance he gets. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 406 pages and is available in hardcover format. Supersummary, a modern alternative to sparknotes and cliffsnotes, offers highquality study guides that feature detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, quotes, and essay topics. Supersummary, a modern alternative to sparknotes and cliffsnotes, offers highquality study guides for challenging works of literature. We want to hear whatever this kid has got to say the whole scary, hilarious story hornby just makes it look easy. This is a podcast which is basically a trailer to nick hornbys novel slam. In the book isnt much background information about alicia but some basic facts are given. Pdf juliet, naked book by nick hornby free download 406. If it available for your country it will shown as book reader and user fully subscribe will benefit by having full access to all books. Nick hornby this novels title is a word play on nirvanas song about a girl and the band is dragged through the book as a motive, mostly used to describe ellie and her behavior. Nick hornby wrote it in a funny way and i like that. Free download or read online juliet, naked pdf epub book. November 2007 at the beginning of slam, nick hornby s first youngadult novel, 16yearold sam jones says that.
Whether hornby s writing about football or popular music, he excels at 1 being very funny and 2 getting at the voice of, and giving voice to ordinary blokesguys, who dont have blemishfree lives or faces, for that matter. He graduated from cambridge university where he studied english. Welcome,you are looking at books for reading, the slam, you will able to read or download in pdf or epub books and notice some of author may have lock the live reading for some of country. Slam is a hilarious comingofage novel by bestselling author nick hornby. Nick hornby is the author of the novels how to be good a new york times bestseller, high fidelity, about a boy and a long way down, and of the memoir fever pitch. It may seem odd to say about a book on this theme, but with the authors touches of magical realism, humor, and warmhearted respect for his characters, this is a delightful read. An audio book extract from the downloadable audiobook edition of nick hornbys moving and witty tale slam, read by nicholas hoult, star of the film about a boy, as well as channel 4s skins. Sep 24, 2015 here are five books i and nick hornby recommend. It made me laugh because they are really soft about this issue. The jacket copy says, nick hornby has made a career writing about men who act like boys. The novel slam by nick hornby is told in the perspective of a young sixteen year old boy named sam. At the beginning of slam, nick hornbys first youngadult novel, 16yearold sam jones says that everything in his life seemed to have come together.