Fever Pitch
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Nick Hornby
*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' IndependentFor 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 generations' Irish Times'Funny, wise and true' Roddy Doyle
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Author
Nick Hornby
Pages
256
Publisher
Penguin UK
Published Date
2005-05-05
ISBN
0141926546 9780141926544
Ratings
Google: 3
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"**NOTE: This is a book that I won through a Goodreads giveaway**<br/>For someone who is not a big sports fan, I took a chance with entering to win this book. I also had never previously read a book written by Nick Hornby. I put off reading it for a while and wish I hadn't. His writing it great and with the way that Hornby describes his love for football (soccer), it makes you feel like you could love it too. You can feel the stress and anxiousness he felt while sitting at games and the joy/hysteria that he felt as Arsenal won a game. <br/>Overall, it was a pretty good read and I would suggest it, not just to sports fans, but readers in general."
Aubrey Rill
