nick Hornby

I'm reading "the complete polysyllabic spree" by Nick Hornby. I had no idea who he was until I picked up the book at a second-hand book dealer nearby my house. On the flap of the cover it says the author wrote High Fidelity, apparently a bestseller when it came out, and other popular books. I think I heard High Fidelity but I'm not so sure about other books he wrote. 

I read a few pages. So far it's pretty interesting.  In the introduction he mentions that the thought of reading too-literary-minded books are, well, put off by most people because those books tend to be too difficult and highbrow, although there are exceptions like Dickens and um...Dickens. So, his mission is, through this book, to make these books and other popular novels, books, brochures etc...accessible, without making people feel guilty of not having read the books they ought to have, and make them more book-reading-friendly.

This is not a book so much as a compilation of columns he wrote for the literary magazine whose board he sits on. 

Well, I wouldn't say that his prose, as he admits, is one of the most engaging I have ever read, but it's his honesty that matters the most in this book, and not bullshit around and be pretentious.