High Fidelity
(Nick Hornby)
This book offers a male perspective on relationships. The protagonist is a 35-year-old man named Rob. He owns a record shop and has recently been dumped by his girlfriend, Laura. This leads him to reflect on other breakups in his life. The first part of the book details his "top five" breakups. (Rob loves "top five" lists; he and his coworkers come up with them all the time, i.e., top five Cheers epsiodes, etc.). His latest breakup isn't in the top five, but he has a lot of difficulty dealing with it nonetheless. It doesn't help that his record shop isn't doing so well. He mostly deals with vintage-type music that is actually on vinyl, and it seems rather symbolic of his difficulty in moving on with his life.
It also doesn't help that Laura is involved with someone else. Rob actually gets obsessed about it, calling Laura at all hours and generally exhibiting some stalker-type behavior. He does get involved with someone else himself, an American recording artist, for awhile, but the involvement is on a superficial level. He also looks up his old girlfriends from his "Top Five" breakup list. It is interesting to see how their memories of the relationship (or in some cases lack of memories) differ from his.
Laura doesn't exit his life forever, though. Her father's death acts as a catalyst for Rob to examine some of his underlying fears which are impeding his ability to move forward and make some commitments in his life. In the end, he and Laura get back together, and Laura helps him re-open a club where he used to work as a DJ.
Both men and women can relate to Rob's perspectives on relationships. His fears of being alone probably particularly resonate with single people over 30, but anyone can relate to career and relationship ups and downs. All in all, this is a very good read.
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