Summary
Hornby’s entertaining and poignant account of love and football
As a young boy, growing up in the Home Counties and watching his parents’ marriage fall apart, Nick Hornby had little sense of home. Then his dad took him to Highbury. Arsenal’s football ground would become the source of many of the strongest feelings he’d ever have- joy, humiliation, heartbreak, frustration and hope.
In this now-classic book, he vividly depicts his troubled relationship with his father, his time …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141395340 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0141395346 |
| Author: | Nick Hornby |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 3 August 2021 |
| Weight: | 186g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 17mm |
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Funny, wise and true–Roddy Doyle
Funny, wise and true—Roddy Doyle
About The Author
Nick Hornby
Nick Hornby was born in 1957. He is the author of five novels:
- High Fidelity
- About a Boy
- How To Be Good
- A Long Way Down (shortlisted for the Whitbread Award)
- Slam
He has also written three works of non-fiction:
- Fever Pitch (winner of the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award)
- 31 Songs (shortlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award)
- The Complete Polysyllabic Spree
Additionally, he is the author of a Pocket Penguin book of short stories, Otherwise Pandemonium.
Nick Hornby lives and works in Highbury, north London.
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