The person you are with is just like you: same background, age and interests. The perfect match. And it is a disaster. Then you meet someone new, you have nothing in common with and it feels totally right. Nick Hornby's brilliantly observed but also brutally funny new novel gets to the heart of what it means to fall in love with the best possible person - someone who is not just like you at all. Nick Hornby's brilliantly observed, tender and brutally funny new novel.