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Title: Good Writing About Music -- What Could Be Better?
Review: This book is based on a great concept: Hornby takes a favorite song of his and tells you why it's his favorite. It's a mix of music criticism and memoir because sometimes he concedes that a song may not be the best one of its genre--but it's his favorite because it's associated with something special that happened to him--and he tells you about that special thing. Hornby is a good writer and makes it all work. Now, in the hardback version you also got a cd that included every one of the songs he talks about. But I have the paperback. You may be able to buy the cd separately. Not sure. The book is recommended. Oh, another comment: it's not as funny as The Polysyllabic Spree or Dirt vs. Housekeeping, or Shakespeare Wrote for Money -- his book reviews. He cut his teeth on Songbook. In those last books mentioned, he let his humor blossom gloriously.Recommended.
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