Arsene wenger had to leave arsenal says nick hornby espn fc. I really expected i would love this book, though its fatal flaw was apparent from page one. Nick hornby is the author of six bestselling novels high fidelity, about a boy, how to be good, a long way down, juliet, naked and funny girl, as well as a novel for young adults, slam, and four works of acclaimed nonfiction. His father takes nick to his first arsenal game as a way to bond after leaving nicks mother for another woman. Nick hornby tells moving, funny and insightful stories exploring how we live now.
I disagree fever pitch author nick hornby reflects on the ways in which he. Author interview nick hornby, author of a long way down. His notable books included the novels high fidelity and about a boy and the autobiographical fever pitch. The biggest facebook fan page for nick hornby follow nick hornby directly at. Nick hornby was born in redhill, surrey, england, in 1957. Fever pitch, first published in 1992, is a memoir and hornby s first book. His father was a known businessman, sir derek hornby. Its an autobiographical story about his fanatical support for arsenal football club. For some reason, i just couldnt connect with hornby and his obession with arsenal. The story centers around his obsession with the english division 1 football team arsenal, but you dont have to like or care about the sport to really enjoy this book. He is also the author of fever pitch, a book on his life as a devoted supporter of arsenal football club, and has edited the collection of short stories speaking. Nick hornbys fever pitch was even reprinted with a new cover and included as a part of the 200506 arsenal fc membership pack for the final salute to highbury.
Best of nick hornby 47 books meet your next favorite book. Having sold over a million copies in the united kingdom, it was named the william hill sports book of the year in 1992 and made into a. High fidelity his second book and first novel was published in 1995. Journalist and bestselling novelist nick hornby is best known for his portraits of dysfunctional peter pans clueless postmodern males in various stages of arrested development who discover, often to their chagrin, that growing up is a process involving far more than the passage of time. Hornbys fandom starts with his parents divorce and his father discovering that taking young nick to soccer matches is a way for the two of them to spend time together without much need to talk. In a classic case of lets not talk about last night weve decided to turn our attention to world book dayapparently its a thing. I watched a video on arsenal fan tv the day wenger announced he was going. Having sold over a million copies in the united kingdom, it was named the william hill sports book of the year in 1992 and made into a penguin modern classic in august 2012. Fever pitch author nick hornby says beautiful game has. Nick hornby is one of my favorite authors, and even his bad books how to be good kept me entertained while reading. Nick hornby is now desevedly well known for high fidelity, but in my opinion this book is even better. The book is essentially an autobiography of the author, nick hornby, as told through the lens of his obsession with the arsenal football team.
Now, pay attention, because this ones just for you. He was raised mostly in maidenhead and went to maidenhead grammar school. His first book, a series of critical essays on american novelists, was published in 1992. Arsenals football ground would become the source of many of the strongest feelings hed ever have. Nick hornby books list of books by author nick hornby. Having neatly anatomised the dilemmas of arsenal fans, half. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts.
Nick hornby biography childhood, life achievements. Hornby s second book, fever pitch, also published in 1992, is an autobiographical story detailing his fanatical support for arsenal football club. Whether writing about male obsessions or insecurity. In 2005, a looselyadapted american version was released starring jimmy fallon and drew barrymore, in which the sport was changed to baseball rather than football. This time around, its a book that needs no introduction. Young guy going on about the need for an italian manager, to go with the brand and dismissing english, scottish, irish, welsh and brenda. Love to football and arsenal london is subject to this absolutely perfect book from nick hornby. Fever pitch by nick hornby meet your next favorite book.
Brimming with wit and honesty, fever pitch, winner of the william hill. Nick hornby, in full nicholas hornby, born april 17, 1957, redhill, surrey, england, british novelist, screenwriter, and essayist known for his sharply comedic, popculturedrenched depictions of dissatisfied adulthood as well as for his music and literary criticism hornbys parents divorced when he was young, after which he lived with his mother and sister. Nick hornby, british novelist, screenwriter, and essayist known for his sharply comedic, popculturedrenched depictions of dissatisfied adulthood as well as for his music and literary criticism. Nick hornby biography, movie highlights and photos. Season after season, memories of important matches or matches which stood in author s memory due to some reason. If you sense a certain melancholy undertone in hornbys otherwise comic novels, it likely stems from his experiences with danny. Arsene wenger 20year anniversary with arsenal tribute by. I am a big fan of nick hornby but this book was a bit of a dissapointment for me. It consists of several chapters in chronological order, from the time the author first became a football fan as a child until his early thirties. On the occasion of arsene wengers 20th anniversary as arsenal manager, espn fc asked nick hornby, english novelist and screenwriter. Arsene wenger celebrates his 20th anniversary with arsenal. Trade softcover is 22 years old, actual copy is pictured, no stock images.
When the younger hornby was 11 years old, his parents divorced and his father began taking him to watch the north london premier league club arsenal. Nick hornby is the author of the novels a long way down, slam, how to be good, high fidelity, and about a boy, and the memoir fever pitch. Arsenal free to dream of better future after arsene wenger exit editors note. Hornby donated proceeds from his 2001 literary anthology, speaking with the angel, to treehouse, a school for autism that danny attends. Hornby published his first book in 1992, a collection of essays about american writers such as tobias wolff and ann beattie, titled contemporary american fiction. Every football fan with at least a small amount of selfirony will find something in this book. He is also the author of songbook, a finalist for a national book critics circle award, shakespeare wrote for money, and the polysyllabic spree, as well as the editor of the shortstory collection. As a young boy, growing up in the home counties and watching his parents marriage fall apart, nick hornby had little sense of home. Fever pitch is the greatest football book ever written. Fever pitch, ostensibly the story of one mans love affair with arsenal football club, launched the career of its author, nick hornby, now one of the countrys most popular writers, spawned a.
Nick hornby celebrity profile check out the latest nick hornby photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. I disagree fever pitch author nick hornby reflects on the ways in which he, football and society itself have changed in the. In 1997, hornby wrote the screenplay for a film adaptation of the book depicting a football fan during arsenals championship year in 1988, and the sports effect on his love life. To summarize the book superficially in a sentence, its an autobiographical retelling, in a very witty firstperson voice, of the authors london journalist nick hornby lifelong love of soccer and his passion for the english pro soccer team arsenal which plays in london. People say my book sold football to the middle classes. Hornby was 11 when he first watched arsenal, a morose child whose parents had separated, and who was badly in need of some ground, some subject on which.
But hornby is a true polymath, and his breadth of interests, which span popular music, education, arsenal football team and his home town highbury, north london, consistently engages a broad cross. Perhaps i just had too high expectations for the book since i had heard such great things about it and had loved hornby s novels high fidelity and about a boy. Fever pitch, 31 songs, the complete polysyllabic spree and stuff ive been reading. 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.
He has written the screenplays for the films fever pitch, wild, brooklyn and an. Incorrect book the list contains an incorrect book please specify the title of the book. Born on april 17, 1957 in maidenhead, england, hornby is the son of businessman sir derek hornby. Nick hornby fever pitch arsenal uk football soccer fans. Inappropriate the list including its title or description facilitates illegal activity, or contains hate speech or ad hominem attacks on a fellow goodreads member or author.
Nick hornby was born in 1957, and is the author of six novels, high fidelity, about a boy, how to be good, a long way down shortlisted for the whitbread awardslam and juliet, naked. A collection of thoughts and quotations by nick hornby on music, soul, sad, films, books, identity, problems, wants, depression and death. Fever pitch is a nonfiction memoir by nick hornby, an english writer, that details his obsession with the arsenal football team. The team was arsenal, and the year was 1968 each chapter has a match and its date as its heading. Nick hornby was born on 17 april 1957 in redhill, surrey, england. Fever pitch 1992, 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 particular. I think the reason it didnt connect with me is that while hornby seems like a nice fellow and has quite a few high profile works to his credit, i wasnt interested in reading his autobiography. We asked nick hornby novelist and screenwriter who wrote about his obsessive fandom of arsenal in.
This onepage guide includes a plot summary and brief analysis of fever pitch by nick hornby. I always combine on shipping, in order to qualify for combined shipping, all won auctions must be paid for at the same time on a single invoice, no exceptions. In the first edition, i wrote about franklin foers how football explains the world. He studied at the jesus college, cambridge and took. Dont rush into anything the brooklyn writer and arsenal fan reveals the highlights of his cultural radar. By then, nick hornbys book already had a cult following. It tells the story of the authors relationship with football, and with arsenal football club in particular.
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