Fever Pitch

Nick Hornby

I had read High Fidelity by the same author and had found it depressing. However Fever Pitch was brilliant. It is about obsession with Arsenal. I was reading it yesterday when Arsenal won the Cup. It explains the nature of obsession, how his team comes above everything. I understood why he has this obsession even though I am one of the types of football supporters he despises (go occasionally, only really interested in the big matches).

Doreen: "It's very entertaining and very funny."

Seán: "I hate football. The fans are tribal and lack analysis. When asked who they are answer, I'm an Arsenal fan. However I would like to read this."
Gill 17/5/98

Seán had also managed to finish this book which he had not enjoyed, as he thought that Nick Hornby was a "complete pillock". It had not persuaded Seán that there was any merit in being a football fan and he had found it irritating that it painted the picture of a reasonably intelligent man who lost all sense of judgement when it came to football.
Seán 21/6/98

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