You know, The Holy is pretty much where Daniel Quinn jumped the shark for me. I loved Ishmael and My Ishmael. I liked Story of B and Beyond Civilization. The Holy, however, just didn't work. It didn't suck or anything, though people not pre-inclined to agree with Quinn might disagree. It just wasn't that good. The story was 'whatever,' and the philosophical underpinnings, usually the high point of a Quinn book, were some pretty weak tea.

So, I loves me some High Fidelity. The movie that is. I watch it religiously every six months or so, and naturally gravitated to the book, which I really liked as well. It was good times, and Nick Hornby is a really good author. He's no Faulkner or Thoreau, but he writes some great pop fiction, which is exactly what this book is. If you want a book you can knock out over a long weekend and just plain old have fun with, well here you go.