"Attack and defence, invasion and repulsion... it was as if breasts were little pieces of property that had been unlawfully annexed by the opposite sex - they were rightfully ours and we wanted them back."

from hornby's classic tale of the self-loathing male, addictive yet sheepish. surprisingly, the movie rendition uses most of rob's - or, for that matter, dick and barry's - best quotes word for word, even using the intended intonations and pausing. really a very nice book and highly recommended.*


*note: just dont use my copy - its apparently been once owned by a messy-eating, clumsy-bathing, page-tearing type, and is either full of character, about to fall apart or both.