#23 in Essays
Fever Pitch
- 247
- Pages
- about 4.5 h
- Reading time
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Our view
In “Fever Pitch”, one supporter’s passion for football becomes a funny, light way of telling a life. Nick Hornby subtitled the first edition “A Fan’s Life”, and the book lives up to it, reading his own story through the fortunes of his team. The book is short, under 250 pages, hopeful in tone, and speaks first to anyone who has ever followed a team.
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About the book
Fever Pitch: A Fan's Life is a 1992 autobiographical essay by English author Nick Hornby. The book is the basis for two films: Fever Pitch and Fever Pitch . The first edition was subtitled "A Fan's Life", but later paperback editions were not.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.5 across 125 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 46% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Essays average of 8.0. That is how 7.9 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.9 | 7 | 6% |
| Hardcover | 7.5 | 118 | 94% |
Frequently asked
How long is Fever Pitch?
It has 247 pages — shorter than 74% of the ranked books in Essays.
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