NPR's Elissa Nadworny speaks with writer Nick Hornby about his new book, "Dickens and Prince: A Particular Kind of Genius." Writer Nick Hornby on his new book ...

This cover image released by Riverhead shows "Dickens and Prince: A Particular Kind of Genius" by Nick Hornby. (Riverhead via AP) “Dickens and Prince: A Particular Kind of Genius,” by Nick Hornby ...

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"Dickens and Prince: A Particular Kind of Genius" by Nick Hornby (Riverhead Books) Nick Hornby has been writing about pop culture since the 1990s, most famously his obsessive love of soccer in 1992's ...

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