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Fever pitch is a nonfiction memoir by nick hornby, an english writer, that details his obsession with the arsenal football team. Nick hornby has been a football fan since the moment he was conceived. Fever pitch is his tribute to a lifelong obsession. Set in 1960s london, funny girlis a livelyaccount ofthe adventures of the intrepid young sophie straw as she navigates her transformation fromprovincial ingenue to television starlet amid a constellation of delightful characters. Nick wrote the screenplay himself, translating his awardwinning memoir into a romantic comedy starring colin firth. Check out other translated books in french, spanish languages.
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As a young boy, growing up in the home counties and watching his parents marriage fall apart, nick hornby had little sense of home. Songbook published in the united kingdom as 31 songs is a 2002 collection of 26 essays by english writer nick hornby about songs and more often the particular emotional resonance they carry for him. Pdf fever pitch book by nick hornby free download 272 pages. Read online or download fever pitch by nick hornby book for free hello fellow readers.
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His father takes nick to his first arsenal game as a way to bond after leaving nicks mother for another woman. A fans life is a 1992 autobiographical essay by british author nick hornby. 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. He is the author offever pitch and of three novels. The book has been awarded with william hill sports book of. All four books have been international bestsellers and all are published by penguin. He has written screenplay adaptions of lynn barbers more about nick hornby.
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