Paperback, 224 pages
English language
Published Oct. 7, 2003 by Riverhead Trade.
Songbook
by Nick Hornby
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Songbook (published in the United Kingdom as 31 Songs) is a 2002 collection of 26 essays by English writer Nick Hornby about songs and (more often) the particular emotional resonance they carry for him. In the UK, Sony released a stand-alone CD, A Selection of Music from 31 Songs, featuring 18 songs. The hardcover edition of Songbook, published in the US by McSweeney's and illustrated by Marcel Dzama, includes a CD with 11 of the songs featured in the book.
Subjects
- Popular Music
- Music/Songbooks
- Music
- History & Criticism - General
- Music / General
- History and criticism
- General
- Hornby, Nick