{"product_id":"fever-pitch-paperback","title":"Fever Pitch - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNick Hornby\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"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.\" --\u003ci\u003eGQ\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA brilliant memoir from the beloved, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eDickens and Prince\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFunny Girl, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e High Fidelity.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn America, it is soccer. But in Great Britain, it is the \u003ci\u003ereal\u003c\/i\u003e football. No pads, no prayers, no prisoners. And that's before the players even take the field. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNick Hornby has been a football fan since the moment he was conceived. Call it predestiny. Or call it preschool. \u003ci\u003eFever Pitch \u003c\/i\u003eis 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. \u003ci\u003eFever Pitch\u003c\/i\u003e is one for the home team. But above all, it is one for everyone who knows what it \u003ci\u003ereally\u003c\/i\u003e means to have a losing season.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eNick Hornby is the author of seven internationally bestselling novels (\u003ci\u003eFunny Girl, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eHigh Fidelity, About a Boy, How to be Good, A Long Way Down, Slam \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eJuliet, Naked\u003c\/i\u003e) and several works of non-fiction including \u003ci\u003eFever Pitch, Songbook \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Ten Years In The Tub.\u003c\/i\u003e He has written screenplay adaptions of Lynn Barber's An Education, nominated for an Academy Award, Cheryl Strayed's \u003ci\u003eWild\u003c\/i\u003e and Colm Tóibín's \u003ci\u003eBrooklyn\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in London.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 1998\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42701291978815,"sku":"9781573226882","price":21.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/e988156a5cac974671229aabc9885625.webp?v=1765020075","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/fever-pitch-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}