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Old 06-14-11 | 09:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Pobble.808
I'm also a Hornby fan, though I haven't read all or even most of his stuff. I was particularly impressed with Fever Pitch, not that it was tremendously profound but it did help me make sense out of a bunch of things that went way beyond the purported topic of the book, and it's also funny and elegantly written, one of the relatively few books that I've found myself coming back to time after time with pleasure.
It's interesting that you like his books -- he has always struck me as a pretty guy-oriented writer, and I doubted that he'd get (or is worthy of) a sympathetic reading on the ladies' side...
Funny is funny. Sometimes it is quite interesting for a woman to hear a man's perspective of things, especially when it is funny. If I didn't appreciate that, it's doubtful that I'd frequent a forum that is predominantly male. I find many posts here amusing--not the vulgar ones, mind you, but some people here are quite witty and insightful.
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