Fever Pitch
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Kernel of Truth
Novelists have some of the most imaginative minds in the arts, so when they decide to tackle non-fiction subjects you know it’s something they care deeply about. When that novelist is Nick Hornby and the passion of the Premier League is at play, you’ve got what soccer people call a brace.
Product Description
“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.” —GQ
A brilliant memoir from the beloved, bestselling author of Dickens and Prince, Funny Girl, and High Fidelity. In America, it is soccer. But in Great Britain, it is the real football. No pads, no prayers, no prisoners. And that’s before the players even take the field. Nick Hornby has been a football fan since the moment he was conceived. Call it predestiny. Or call it preschool. Fever Pitch 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. Fever Pitch is one for the home team. But above all, it is one for everyone who knows what it really means to have a losing season.Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Nick Hornby
Published: 03/01/1998
Publisher: Riverhead Books
ISBN: 9781573226882
Pages: 272
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.90d
