Fever Pitch

Nick Hornby

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Penguin Classics
24 October 2012

Autobiography: sport; Fiction & Literature; Football (Soccer, Association football)

Series: Penguin Modern Classics

Hornby's entertaining and poignant account of love and football, now in Penguin Modern Classics

As a young boy, growing up in London and watching his parents' marriage fall apart, Nick Hornby had little sense of home. Then his dad took him to Highbury. Arsenal's football ground would become the source of many of the strongest feelings he'd ever have- joy, humiliation, heartbreak, frustration and hope.

In this hilarious, moving and now-classic book, he vividly depicts his childhood life, his time as a teacher, and his first loves (after football), all through the prism of the game, as he insightfully and brilliantly explores obsession, and the way it can shape a life.

By: Nick Hornby
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 191g
ISBN: 9780141391816
ISBN 10: 0141391812
Series: Penguin Modern Classics
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 24 October 2012
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Nick Hornby was born in 1957 and worked as a teacher before becoming a full-time writer. His books are Fever Pitch (1992), High Fidelity (1995) and About a Boy (1998). In 1999 he won an E. M. Forster award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He lives in north London.