Even when someone walks in he often drives him or her away because they do not like the right sort of music. Rob thinks it is good to have something to do because most days Rob receives very few customers. The three of them pass the time by making tapes of their favorite bands and top five lists of their favorite songs of, for example, the first track on the first side of an album. It is not his day to work, but Rob explains, that though Dick and Barry both work part-time they come to the shop every day. By midday, his other member of staff Barry arrives. He is late and his co-worker Dick has opened the shop. Rob owns his own record store called Championship Vinyl. He waits for Laura to leave the house before smoking a cigarette.
He claims the breakup lacks any real tension, which Rob thinks defines their relationship. He has written the list because his girlfriend Laura has just broken up with him. The list includes Charlie Nicholson, Allison Ashworth, Sarah Kendrew, Jackie Allen, and Penny Hardwick. The book opens with Rob's top five break ups.
When he breaks up with Laura he makes a list of his top five relationships and goes on a mission to discover where he has gone wrong. A major part of Rob's problem is his habit of replacing his real opinions and feelings for a series of lists. The story detail's Rob Fleming's struggles to cope from the break up of his relationship with Laura and his failing record shop. High Fidelity is a novel written in 1992 by the British author Nick Hornby.
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