Elle Fever Pitch transcends the mundane and the sporty to say something about the way we live. books reveal a fascination with the sheer voodoo of what so often passes for masculinity the weird ritual facts, the useless objects, the losing clubs and teams. Review Quotes 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 Hornbys obsession and the state of the game. But above all, it is one for everyone who knows what it really means to have a losing season. Part autobiography, part comedy, part incisive analysis of insanity, Hornbys award-winning memoir captures the fever pitch of fandom-its agony and ecstasy, its community, its defining role in thousands of young mens coming-of-age stories. Fever Pitch is his tribute to a lifelong obsession. Nick Hornby has been a football fan since the moment he was conceived. And thats before the players even take the field. But in Great Britain, it is the real football. GQ A brilliant memoir from the beloved, bestselling author of Dickens and Prince, Funny Girl, and High Fidelity. Book Synopsis 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 Hornbys obsession and the state of the game. 'It doesn't seem a bad way to spend eternity.About the Book From the author of High Fidelity comes a sophisticated study of obsession, masculinity, class, identity and loyalty, in a bittersweet book that vividly recounts Hornbys youthful obsession with English football. 'The whole point about death, metaphorically speaking, is that it is almost bound to occur before the major trophies have been awarded.' So when his own time comes, Hornby's best hope is that he'll linger on in some form around Highbury, a spectral presence watching the first team one Saturday, and the reserves the next. On the question of mortality, however, the football fan knows as well as anyone that hoping to die with your loose ends all neatly tied up is futile. 'It worries me', he says, 'the prospect of dying in mid-season like that.' It's hardly the most cheering of scenes - but it sparks one of Hornby's gloriously loopy little meditative digressions. Leaving Selhurst Park with his friend Frog, they came on a Palace fan who'd had a heart attack lying grey on the pavement. WHEN HE was 15 years old, Nick Hornby saw his first dead body.

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