Fever Pitch - by Nick Hornby (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>From the author of "High Fidelity" comes a sophisticated study of obsession, masculinity, class, identity and loyalty, in a bittersweet book that vividly recounts Hornby's youthful obsession with English football.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>A brilliant memoir from the beloved, bestselling author of <i>Funny Girl, High Fidelity</i> and <i>About A Boy. </i></b> <p/>In America, it is soccer. But in Great Britain, it is the <i>real</i> football. No pads, no prayers, no prisoners. And that's before the players even take the field. <p/>Nick Hornby has been a football fan since the moment he was conceived. Call it predestiny. Or call it preschool. <i>Fever Pitch </i>is his tribute to a lifelong obsession. Part autobiography, part comedy, part incisive analysis of insanity, Hornby's award-winning memoir captures the fever pitch of fandom--its agony and ecstasy, its community, its defining role in thousands of young men's coming-of-age stories. <i>Fever Pitch</i> is one for the home team. But above all, it is one for everyone who knows what it <i>really</i> means to have a losing season.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"Whether you are interested in football or not, this is tears-running-down-your-face funny, read-bits-out-loud-to-complete-strangers funny, but also highly perceptive and honest about Hornby's obsession and the state of the game." --<i>GQ </i> <p/>Hornby has established himself... as a maestro of the male confessional. [His] books reveal a fascination with the sheer voodoo of what so often passes for masculinity; the weird ritual facts, the useless objects, the losing clubs and teams. --<i>The New Yorker</i> <p/>Utterly hilarious. --<i>Elle</i> <p/><i>Fever Pitch </i>transcends the mundane and the sporty to say something about the way we live. --<i>The Observer </i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Nick Hornby is the author of seven internationally bestselling novels (<i>Funny Girl, </i> <i>High Fidelity, About a Boy, How to be Good, A Long Way Down, Slam </i>and <i>Juliet, Naked</i>) and several works of non-fiction including <i>Fever Pitch, Songbook </i>and<i> Ten Years In The Tub.</i> He has written screenplay adaptions of Lynn Barber's An Education, nominated for an Academy Award, Cheryl Strayed's <i>Wild</i> and Colm Tóibín's <i>Brooklyn</i>. He lives in London.
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