His father takes nick to his first arsenal game as a way to bond after leaving nicks mother for another woman. Accessories such as cd, codes, toys, may not be included. Availability can change throughout the month based on the librarys budget. Fever pitch is nick hornby s millioncopyselling, awardwinnning football classic a spanking 70 away win of a football book. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. In the states, nick hornby is best know as the author. 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 by nick hornby nick hornbys tribute to a lifelong obsession with soccer. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read fever pitch. Zlibrary is one of the largest online libraries in the world that contains over 4,960,000 books and 77,100,000 articles. 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.
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For many people watching football is mere entertainment, to some its more like a ritual. 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 by nick hornby 16 editions first published in 1992 download daisy. 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. Fever pitch collier county public library overdrive. He has written screenplay adaptions of lynn barbers an education, nominated for an academy award, cheryl strayeds wild and.
As a result, hornby received the william hill sports book of the year award. Nick hornby has been a football fan since the moment he. I really expected i would love this book, though its fatal flaw was apparent from page one. Sign up or sign in to see availability for your saved libraries at a glance. As a young boy, growing up in the home counties and watching his parents marriage fall apart, nick hornby had little sense of ho. Possible ex library copy, will have the markings and stickers associated from the library. Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of fever pitch, by nick hornby, read by julian rhindtutt. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Hornbys second book, fever pitch, also published in 1992, is an autobiographical story detailing his fanatical support for arsenal football club. Whether writing about male obsessions or insecurity. Fever pitch is a nonfiction memoir by nick hornby, an english writer, that details his obsession with the arsenal football team. Part autobiography, part comedy, part incisive analysis of insanity, hornby s awardwinning memoir captures the fever pitch of fandomits agony and ecstasy, its community, its defining role in thousands of young mens coming of age stories. Fever pitch is nick hornbys millioncopyselling, awardwinnning football classici fell in love with football as i was later to fall in love with women. His latest novel, just like you, is published in september 2020.
Fever pitch by nick hornby, first edition abebooks. Publication date 1996 topics arsenal football club. Nick hornby is the bestselling author of eight novels, including high fidelity and about a boy, and several works of nonfiction including his groundbreaking debut, fever pitch. Hornby s second book, fever pitch, also published in 1992, is an autobiographical story detailing his fanatical support for arsenal football club. A fans life is a 1992 autobiographical essay by british author nick hornby. Fever pitch by nick hornby overdrive rakuten overdrive. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want.
In britain he is revered for his status as a fanatical football writer sorry, fanatical soccer writer, owing to fever pitch which is both an autobiography and a footballing bible rolled into one. Fever pitch by nick hornby inverting the pyramid by jonathan wilson. Fever pitch is nick hornbys millioncopyselling, awardwinnning football classic i fell in love with football as i was later to fall in love with women. Fever pitch, ostensibly the story of one mans love affair with arsenal football club, launched the career of its author, nick hornby, now one of the countrys most popular writers, spawned a. He has written the screenplays for the films fever pitch, wild, brooklyn and an. 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 begins going to every game he can, and his interest soon becomes an obsession. The first edition was subtitled a fans life, but later paperback editions were not.
If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author. Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Paperback by nick hornby fever pitch film relatedvpaperback. Part autobiography, part comedy, part incisive analysis of insanity, hornbys awardwinning memoir captures the fever pitch of. Jul 11, 20 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.
His screenplay for the film an education was nominated for an academy award. Nick hornby is the author of six bestselling novels high fidelity, about a boy, how to be good, a long way down, juliet, naked and funny girl, as well as a novel for young adults, slam, and four works of acclaimed nonfiction. Author of fever pitch is adapting a book of the same name based on the memoirs of nina stibble, a nanny who worked for some of the leading lights of literary london published. Arguably the book which reinvigorated the football writing genre, nick hornbys fever pitch is the wonderful story of a childs love affair with the. Superficially, its all about arsenals ups and downs, the history of the club, and how the.
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. See more ideas about nick hornby, words and quotes. 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. Click download or read online button to get fever pitch book now.
Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or. 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. Fever pitch is his tribute to a lifelong obsession. Fever pitch is hornbys tribute to a lifelong, obsession soccer. 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 fast. 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. Winner of the william hill sports book of the yearfever pitch is nick hornbys millioncopyselling, awardwinnning football. Nick hornby has been a soccer fan since the moment he was conceived. Fever pitch, 31 songs, the complete polysyllabic spree and stuff ive been reading. Buy a cheap copy of fever pitch book by nick hornby.
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. 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. Juliet, naked and several works of nonfiction including fever pitch. 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 ebook by nick hornby rakuten kobo fever pitch is his tribute to a lifelong obsession.
Part autobiography, part comedy, part incisive analysis of insanity, hornbys awardwinning memoir captures the fever pitch of fandomits agony and ecstasy, its community, its. Superficially, fever pitch by nick hornby is about arsenal. 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. You can still place a hold on the title, and your hold will be automatically filled as soon as the title is available again.
Nick hornby tells moving, funny and insightful stories exploring how we live now. Nick hornby is currently considered a single author. Nick hornby is the author of seven internationally bestselling novels. One of the most popular british authors of the last twentyfive years, nick hornby is the writer responsible for the iconic bestsellers fever pitch and high fidelity.
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