Ebook {Epub PDF} Fever Pitch by Nick Hornby

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 particular. He 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 novels including High Fidelity, . 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. 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.

Fever Pitch traces Arsenal's football journey from the time in a eleven year old Nick Hornby was taken to his first ever game at Highbury by his father, through the Double years of , the frustrations of an eighteen year old barren spell, the dramatic high of the Littlewoods Cup final, the once-in-a-lifetime occurrence on May Fever Pitch by Hornby, Nick and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at www.doorway.ru With the end of the /92 season, the format of football in England shifted seismically; Leeds United were the last Football League Division One Champions and in /93 the FA Premier League was born, to change forever the soccer landscape in this country. also saw the release of Fever Pitch by Nick Hornby, which transformed the way football literature was viewed to become a seminal.

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. Fever Pitch is a nonfiction memoir by Nick Hornby, an English writer, that details his obsession with the Arsenal football team. His father takes Nick to his first Arsenal game as a way to bond after leaving Nick's mother for another woman. Nick begins going to every game he can, and his interest soon becomes an obsession. 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.