"High Fidelity" by Nick Hornby is set in London. The main character is Rob Fleming, a man in his thirties. He doesn't really stand out in any way; he is not good-looking, but not ugly either, he runs a record-shop called Championship Vinyl and is devoted to music. He owns thousands of records.
The story starts with his girlfriend Laura moving out one Monday night. He tries to convince himself that he is ok, smokes a cigarette and goes to work. He works with Barry and Dick, who are like him, they don't have friends and they just hang out at the shop because they have nothing better to do.…
