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*WINNER OF THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR*

Fever Pitch is Nick Hornby''s million-copy-selling, award-winnning football classic

''A spanking 7-0 away win of a football book. . . inventive, honest, funny, heroic, charming'' Independent

For many people watching football is mere entertainment, to some it''s more like a ritual; but to others, its highs and lows provide a narrative to life itself.

But, for Nick Hornby, his devotion to the game has provided one of few constants in a life where the meaningful things - like growing up, leaving home and forming relationships, both parental and romantic - have rarely been as simple or as uncomplicated as his love for Arsenal.

Brimming with wit and honesty, Fever Pitch, catches perfectly what it really means to be a football fan - and in doing so, what it means to be a man.

''Hornby has put his finger on truths that have been unspoken for ge

Trade Review
Funny, wise and true—Roddy Doyle

Fever Pitch

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    A Paperback / softback by Nick Hornby

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Penguin Books Ltd
      Published 2 January 2014
      ISBN-13 9780141395340
      978-0141395340
      ISBN-10 0141395346
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      Non Fiction Biography Autobiography: sport Sport Association football (Soccer) Football variants and related games

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      *WINNER OF THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR*

      Fever Pitch       is Nick Hornby''s million-copy-selling, award-winnning football classic

      ''A spanking 7-0 away win of a football book. . . inventive, honest, funny, heroic, charming'' Independent

      For many people watching football is mere entertainment, to some it''s more like a ritual; but to others, its highs and lows provide a narrative to life itself.

      But, for Nick Hornby, his devotion to the game has provided one of few constants in a life where the meaningful things - like growing up, leaving home and forming relationships, both parental and romantic - have rarely been as simple or as uncomplicated as his love for Arsenal.

      Brimming with wit and honesty, Fever Pitch, catches perfectly what it really means to be a football fan - and in doing so, what it means to be a man.

      ''Hornby has put his finger on truths that have been unspoken for ge

      Trade Review
      Funny, wise and true—Roddy Doyle

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