Fever PitchFever Pitch
Title rated 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 51 ratings(51 ratings)
Book, 1998
Current format, Book, 1998, 1st Riverhead trade pbk. ed., No Longer Available.Book, 1998
Current format, Book, 1998, 1st Riverhead trade pbk. ed., No Longer Available. Offered in 0 more formats"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.
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.
Title availability
About
Details
Publication
- New York : Riverhead Books, 1998, c1992.
Opinion
More from the community
Community lists featuring this title
There are no community lists featuring this title
Community contributions
Community quotations are the opinions of contributing users. These quotations do not represent the opinions of Okanagan Regional Library.
There are no quotations from this title
Community quotations are the opinions of contributing users. These quotations do not represent the opinions of Okanagan Regional Library.
There are no quotations from this title
From the community