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. Fever pitch is nick hornby s millioncopyselling, awardwinnning football classic i fell in love with football as i was later to fall in love with women. Home debut from fever pitch nick hornby arsenal v stoke city 14. Nicholas peter john hornby born 17 april 1957 is an english writer and lyricist.
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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. Part autobiography, part comedy, part incisive analysis of insanity, hornbys awardwinning. He has written the screenplays for the films fever pitch, wild, brooklyn and. The book was published in multiple languages including, consists of 305 pages and is available in paperback format.
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Sep 12, 2015 nick hornbys high fidelity 1995 is a comic romance, a male bildungsroman detailing dom, fever pitch, and accounts for the shape the narrative assumed. Sunday times f or a man to chronicle his life in match reports may be a mark of his ingenuity. As a result, hornby received the william hill sports book of the year award. Nick begins going to every game he can, and his interest soon becomes an obsession. All four books have been international bestsellers and all are published by penguin. 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. A fans life is a 1992 autobiographical essay by british author nick hornby. Pdf how to be good book by nick hornby free download. Fever pitch isbn 9781573226882 pdf epub nick hornby.
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