Fever Pitch
- ISBN-10
- 0140293442
- ISBN-13
- 9780140293449
- Series
- Fever Pitch
- Category
- Sports & Recreation / General
- Pages
- 239
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2000
- Publisher
- Penguin UK
- Author
- Nick Hornby
Description
A famous account of growing up to be a fanatical football supporter. Told through a series of match reports, FEVER PITCH has enjoyed enormous critical and commercial success since it was first published in 1992. It has helped to create a new kind ofsports writing, and established Hornby as one of the finest writers of his generation.
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