Not with a bang, but with a whimper, eh? It too is a while since I've read High Fidelity but I always found the central character's honesty about his own personality flaws to be quite charming.
But Toby, how could he be "so in touch"/"aware" of his personality flaws (apart from the big plot changing one), recognise them as flaws (whilst once again failing to recognise his BIG flaw), choose to ignore them AND remain charming?? Whilst I am aware the human psyche is a complex thing and one man's flaw is anothers strong point, I have little sympathy for someone who is so self aware as to recognise their own flaws and yet is (at best), too lazy to correct them. Then again, who am I to judge? It's a book, I thought it was weak. I have seen fever pitch, I thought it was weak. I await to be persuaded about the merits of Nick Hornby. I could go o Leaky ____________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.co.uk address at http://mail.yahoo.co.uk or your free @yahoo.ie address at http://mail.yahoo.ie +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister@missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo@missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+