Ebook {Epub PDF} Fever Pitch by Nick Hornby

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 mens' coming-of-age stories/5.  · A romantic comedy about a man, a woman and a football team. Based on Nick Hornby's best-selling autobiographical novel, Fever Pitch. English teacher Paul Ashworth believes his long-standing obsession with Arsenal serves him well. But then he meets Sarah/10(K). 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/5().

The Hope Theatre presents FEVER PITCH. An exhilarating, moving and brutally funny love letter that will appeal to football obsessives and football haters alike. Adapted by Joel Samuels from Nick Hornby 's bestselling memoir, FEVER PITCH charts over two decades of one man's total and utter obsession with Arsenal Football Club. Overview. Fever Pitch (), an autobiographical book by British author Nick Hornby, explores Hornby's life through his love for football (soccer in America) and with the Arsenal Football Club in bltadwin.ru discusses seminal football matches he's attended and their relationship to his life as a whole. Fever Pitch was Hornby's first published book; he went on to write popular fiction. 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.

Fever Pitch First edition AuthorNick Hornby CountryUnited Kingdom LanguageEnglish GenreAutobiography PublisherGollancz Publication date Pages ISBN OCLC Fever Pitch: A Fan's Life is a autobiographical essay by British author Nick Hornby. The book is the basis for two films: Fever Pitch and Fever Pitch. The first edition was subtitled "A Fan's Life", but later paperback editions were not. 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. It allows players to look beautiful and balletic in a way that some sports do not: a perfectly-timed diving header, or a perfectly-struck volley, allow the body to achieve a poise and grace that some sportsmen can never exhibit.”. ― Nick Hornby, Fever Pitch. 20 likes.