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A humorous memoir by an obsessed British soccer fan captures the intensity of a sports lover who measures his life in seasons rather than years.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Hornby, Nick
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Riverhead Books, 1998.
Edition:	1st Riverhead trade pbk. ed.
Subjects:	Hornby, Nick. Soccer > Great Britain. Authors, English > 20th century > Biography. Autobiographies.
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Summary:	A humorous memoir by an obsessed British soccer fan captures the intensity of a sports lover who measures his life in seasons rather than years.
Item Description:	Originally published: London : Gollancz, ©1992.
Physical Description:	239 pages ; 21 cm
ISBN:	9781573226882 1573226882
Author Notes:	Nick Hornby was born in Redhill, Surrey, England on April 17, 1957. He graduated from Cambridge University where he studied English. His books High Fidelity; Fever Pitch, which won the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award in 1992; About a Boy and An Education were all made into movies. His other books include Slam; A Long Way Down; How to Be Good; Songbook; Shakespeare Wrote for Money; and The Polysyllabic Spree. He has received numerous awards including the American Academy of Arts and Letters' E. M. Forster Award in 1999 and the Orange Word International Writers' London Award in 2003. In addition to his books, his works have appeared in Esquire, Elle, GQ, Time, and Cosmopolitan. In 2015 his title, Funny Girl made The New York Times Bestseller List. (Publisher Provided)