description: For many people watching football is mere entertainment, to some it's more like a ritual; but to others, its highs and lows provide a narrative to life itself.For Nick Hornby, his devotion to the game has provided one of few constants in a life where the meaningful things - like growing up, leaving home, and forming relationships, both parental and romantic - have rarely been as simple or as uncomplicated as his love for Arsenal.Fever Pitch is 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, and its defining role in thousands of young men's coming-of-age stories. Fever Pitch is one for the home team. But above all, it is one for everyone who knows what it really means to have a losing season.
language: English
title: Fever Pitch
titlecomplete: Fever Pitch
characters: Nick Hornby
genres: Novels, Comedy, Sports, British Literature, Football, Soccer, Fiction, Contemporary, Humor, Biography Memoir
ratings_count: 40055
places: England, London, England
awards: awardedAt: 694252800000
name: William Hill Sports Book of the Year
publisher: Harpercollins Publishers