{"product_id":"fever-pitch-9781573226882","title":"Fever Pitch","description":"\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\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Riverhead Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50626614460690,"sku":"9781573226882","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_330ecc6a-d7cb-45ae-827a-d411b8c07c2d.jpg?v=1732662990","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/fever-pitch-9781573226882","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}