Duncan and Annie have been together for fifteen years. They have come on holiday to America to see the sights of the cult music sensation Tucker Crowe's life. They've been to Montana, Tennessee, Minnesota and California. Until this trip, neither realized that they had a stagnant relationship for almost the full fifteen years. It wasn't until this trip that they realized that maybe their lives haven't been and won't ever be the lives they always saw for themselves. Maybe it's Annie's obsession with having a child or maybe it's Duncan's obsession with Tucker Crowe, either way, things aren't going to end happily.
One day, Annie is going through the mail and discovers a package Duncan has missed. She opens it and realizes that it's a previously unreleased demo version of Tucker Crowe's album Juliet titled Juliet, Naked. Duncan sees it as a work of brilliance whereas Annie sees it as a load of rubbish that takes away from the "dressed" version. She even goes so far as to write an essay about it and post it on the fansite that Duncan runs. The next day, she checks her email and sees that Tucker Crowe himself as responded to her review. What follows is how Tucker's career has caused far too many problems in Annie's, Duncan's and everyone, including himself, in Tucker's life.
It's rare that I will read the majority of a specific author's work (series not included). That's not to say that there aren't amazing writers out there (because there are), I just rarely find one that I specifically enjoy reading. However, Nick Hornby is certainly one of those authors that I love reading. High Fidelity has been one of my favorite books (even pre-Fall Out Boy line borrowing) and its movie adaptation is wonderful. I absolutely loved this book. It was really lovely. It changed perspective quite often and I like that. You get the story from all sides. It was funny and it was quite sad at times, but that was one of the more enjoyable aspects.
If you like music and weird relationships, this book is for you.
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