He has also edited two anthologies, my favourite year and. The book has been awarded with william hill sports book of. A fans life is a 1992 autobiographical essay by british author nick hornby. Hornby published his first book in 1992, a collection of essays about american writers such as tobias wolff and ann beattie, titled contemporary american fiction. Winner of the william hill sports book of the year fever pitch is nick hornby s millioncopyselling, awardwinnning football classic a spanking 70 away win of a football book. Winner of the william hill sports book of the year fever pitch is nick hornbys millioncopyselling, awardwinnning football classic a spanking 70 away win of a football book. Nick hornby has been a soccer fan since the moment he was conceived. Nick hornby is one of my favorite authors, and even his bad books how to be good kept me entertained while reading.
Fever pitch is not only the best football book ever written, its the funniest book of the yearwe carry a wide selection of titles in the arts, theology, history, politics, social and physical sciences. Here is an autobiographical account of his love for his favorite sports team over 20. Nick hornby is the author of several internationally bestselling novels including high fidelity, about a boy, and a long way down, as well as several works of nonfiction, including fever pitch, songbook, and ten years in the tub. Nick begins going to every game he can, and his interest soon becomes an obsession. Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of fever pitch, by nick hornby, read by julian rhindtutt as a young boy, growing up in the home counties and watching his parents marriage fall apart, nick hornby had little sense of home. Praise for fever pitch fever pitch is the anatomy of an obsession, a knowing, bittersweet, and very funny autobiography in which the writers life is measured not in years but in seasons. He is also the author of songbook, a finalist for a national book critics circle award, shakespeare wrote for money, and the polysyllabic spree, as well as the editor of the shortstory collection. Fever pitch, 31 songs, the complete polysyllabic spree and stuff ive been reading. With colin firth, ruth gemmell, luke aikman, bea guard.
Fever pitch by nick hornby pdf free download ebook. Fever pitch was the first of nicks books to be adapted into a film. Fever pitch by nick hornby, first edition abebooks. Nick hornby is the author of the novels a long way down, slam, how to be good, high fidelity, and about a boy, and the memoir fever pitch. Fever pitch immediately became a runaway best seller, detailing his fanatical support for arsenal football club. I think more has changed in the nine years since i wrote the book than in the previous 90. He is the author offever pitch and of three novels. It was a book i really enjoyed based on a recommendation from one of you out there. Arguably the book which reinvigorated the football writing genre, nick hornbys fever pitch is the wonderful story of a childs love affair with the game and, in hornbys particular case, the sole object of his affection, arsenal football club. Fever pitch reveals the very special intricacies of british football, which readers new to the game will find astonishing, and which hornby presents with remarkable humour and honestythe unique chants sung at matches, the cold rain soaked terraces, giant cans of warm beer, the trains known as football specials carrying fans to and from matches in prisonlike conditions, bottles smashing. Fever pitch is hornby s tribute to a lifelong, obsession soccer. Hornby s second book, fever pitch, also published in 1992, is an autobiographical story detailing his fanatical support for arsenal football club. Apr 12, 2005 nick hornby has been a soccer fan since the moment he was conceived.
In the states, nick hornby is best know as the author of high fidelity and about a boy, two wickedly funny novels about being thirtysomething and going nowhere. Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of fever pitch, by nick hornby, read by julian rhindtutt. He has written the screenplays for the films fever pitch, wild, brooklyn and an. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws. The book has been awarded with manchester book award nominee for. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or. His father takes nick to his first arsenal game as a way to bond after leaving nick s mother for another woman. In britain he is revered for his status as a fanatical football writer sorry, fanatical soccer writer, owing to fever pitchwhich is both an autobiography and a footballing bible rolled into one. Free download or read online fever pitch pdf epub book. Fever pitch is nick hornby s millioncopyselling, awardwinnning football classic a spanking 70 away win of a football book. Oct 28, 2015 fever pitch by nick hornby in doc, rtf, txt download e book. Fever pitch is nick hornby s millioncopyselling, awardwinnning football classici fell in love with football as i was later to fall in love with women.
Fever pitch is hornbys tribute to a lifelong, obsession soccer. Fever pitch traces arsenals football journey from the time in 1968 a eleven year old nick hornby was taken to his first ever game at highbury by his father, through the double years of 7071, the frustrations of an eighteen year old barren spell, the dramatic high of the 1987 littlewoods cup final, the onceinalifetime occurrence on may 26. Nick hornbys fever pitch was even reprinted with a new cover and included as a part of the 200506 arsenal fc membership pack for the final salute to highbury. Oscar winner colin firth plays a soccerobsessed teacher in this comedy based on nick hornbys book. He has also edited two anthologies, my favourite year and speaking with the angel. Fever pitch nick hornby this is likewise one of the factors by obtaining the soft documents of this fever pitch. Part autobiography, part comedy, part incisive analysis of insanity, hornby s awardwinning memoir captures the fever pitch of fandom its agony and ecstasy, its community, its defining role in thousands of young mens coming of age stories, fever pitch is one for the home team. I really expected i would love this book, though its fatal flaw was apparent from page one. All four books have been international bestsellers and all are published by penguin. Journalist and bestselling novelist nick hornby is best known for his portraits of dysfunctional peter pans clueless postmodern males in various stages of arrested development who discover, often to their chagrin, that growing up is a process involving far more than the passage of time.
Fever pitch was the first of nick s books to be adapted into a film. Ive read no better account of what being a fan really means. Leaving selhurst park with his friend frog, they came on a palace fan whod had a heart attack lying grey on the pavement. Nick hornby is the author of six internationally bestselling novels high fidelity, about a boy, how to be good, a long way down, slam and juliet, naked and several works of nonfiction including fever pitch, songbook and ten years in the tub, a collection of his stuff ive been reading columns from the believer. Fever pitch is his tribute to a lifelong obsession. With the end of the 199192 season, the format of football in england shifted seismically.
Part autobiography, part comedy, part incisive analysis of insanity, hornbys awardwinning memoir captures the fever pitch of fandom its agony and ecstasy, its community, its defining role in thousands of young mens coming of age stories, fever pitch is one for the home team. Nick wrote the screenplay himself, translating his awardwinning memoir into a romantic comedy starring colin firth. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. When he was 15 years old, nick hornby saw his first dead body. Nick hornby is the author of seven internationally bestselling novels funny girl, high fidelity, about a boy, how to be good, a long way down, slam and juliet, naked and several works of nonfiction including fever pitch, songbook and ten years in the tub. Leeds united were the last football league division one champions and in 199293 the fa premier league was born, to change forever the soccer landscape in this country. The first edition of the novel was published in 2007, and was written by nick hornby. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 272 pages and is available in paperback format. Having sold over a million copies in the united kingdom, it was named the william hill sports book of the year in 1992 and made into a penguin modern classic in august 2012. Fever pitch is nick hornbys millioncopyselling, awardwinnning football classici fell in love with football as i was later to fall in love with women. As a young boy, growing up in the home counties and watching his parents marriage fall apart, nick hornby had little sense of ho. Oscar winner colin firth plays a soccerobsessed teacher in this comedy based on nick hornby s book.
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