Fever Pitch

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.

尼克?霍恩比，英國當(dāng)代最炙手可熱的當(dāng)紅作家，他出生于倫敦郊區(qū)小鎮(zhèn)，劍橋大學(xué)英語文學(xué)專業(yè)畢業(yè)后在綜合中學(xué)教英語，隨后開始為報章媒體，如《號外》和《文學(xué)雜志》自由撰稿。1992年的個人回憶錄《極度狂熱》，出版后一鳴驚人占據(jù)年度暢銷榜，隨后所寫的每一本小說，例如《失戀排行榜》、《男孩?男人》、《砰！》等幾乎都在暢銷榜和專業(yè)書評獲得雙贏。其小說深諳現(xiàn)代年輕人的流行文化，并以精湛的英式幽默擄獲讀者的心，慧黠中透著傷感，被稱之為“抑郁喜劇”。