{"product_id":"fever-pitch-nick-hornby-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\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nick Hornby\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1573226882\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781573226882\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Riverhead Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.90d","brand":"Nick Hornby","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44051072680191,"sku":"9781573226882","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_47fc13ca-18c8-4710-a253-05078a561ee8.jpg?v=1685010928","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/fever-pitch-nick-hornby-9781573226882","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}