*WINNER OF THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR*Fever Pitch is Nick Hornby's million-copy-selling, award-winnning football classic'A spanking 7-0 away win of a football book. . . inventive, honest, funny, heroic, charming' IndependentFor many people watching football is mere entertainment, to some it's more like a ritual; but to others, its highs and lows provide a narrative to life itself. But, for Nick Hornby, his devotion to the game has provided one of few constants in a life where the meaningful things - like growing up, leaving home and forming relationships, both parental and romantic - have rarely been as simple or as uncomplicated as his love for Arsenal.Brimming with wit and honesty, Fever Pitch, catches perfectly what it really means to be a football fan - and in doing so, what it means to be a man.'Hornby has put his finger on truths that have been unspoken for generations' Irish Times'Funny, wise and true' Roddy Doyle
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CONTRIBUTORS: Nick Hornby
EAN: 9780141395340
COUNTRY: United Kingdom
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WEIGHT: 182 g
HEIGHT: 198 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Penguin Books Ltd
DATE PUBLISHED: 2014-01-02
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GENRE: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs, SPORTS & RECREATION / Soccer
WIDTH: 130 cm
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United Kingdom, Great Britain, Autobiography: general, Memoirs, Football variants and related games, Association football (Soccer)
Funny, wise and true—Roddy Doyle
NICK HORNBY is the bestselling author of eight novels, including Just Like You, High Fidelity and About a Boy, and several works of nonfiction including Fever Pitch. He has also written numerous award-winning screenplays for film and television including Brooklyn, Wild and, most recently, State of the Union.
