Fever Pitch
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Fever Pitch: A Fan's Life is a 1992
Book
Fever Pitch, first published in 1992, is a memoir and Hornby's second book. It tells the story of the author's relationship with football, and with Arsenal Football Club in particular.[1] 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. Each chapter is about a football match that he remembers watching, most but not all at Arsenal Stadium, Highbury, and how it related to the events that were going on with his life. As well as recounting Arsenal's highs and lows, Hornby talks about other football clubs that play in London, and his interest in the contrasting surroundings of Cambridge United and Cambridge City, whose matches he attends while at university.
Fever Pitch sold over a million copies in the United Kingdom. It won the William Hill Sports Book of the Year in 1992 and was reprinted with a new cover and made available as part of the 2005–06 Arsenal F.C. membership pack as part of the "Final Salute" to Highbury Stadium. The book was made a Penguin Modern Classic in August 2012.[2]
Adaptations
1997 film
A 1997 film version of Fever Pitch, with a screenplay adapted by Hornby, fictionalised the story, concentrating on Arsenal's
2005 film
A 2005 film remake of Fever Pitch, directed by the
References
- ^ Davies, Pete (12 September 1992). "BOOK REVIEW / A twerp's best moment ever: 'Fever Pitch' - Nick Hornby: Gollancz". The Independent.
- ^ @BookiePrize (22 February 2024). "Winner in Focus: 📖 Fever Pitch, Nick Hornby (1992) — Over one million copies sold — Inspired two films — Made a @PenguinUKBooks Modern Classic in 2012 @nickhornby 's second book is a testament to the importance of sports literature. 👏 #ThrowbackThursday" (Tweet). Retrieved 8 March 2024 – via Twitter.
- ^ Hawker, Philippa. "The Perfect Catch". The Age. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
Further reading
- Bentley, Nick. (2008). "Nick Hornby, Fever Pitch". Contemporary British Fiction. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. pp. 117–24. ISBN 978-0-7486-2420-1.
External links
- Nick Hornby discusses Fever Pitch on the BBC World Book Club