Funny Girl by Nick Hornby
THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER SOON TO BE A TV SERIES STARRING GEMMA ARTERTON AND RUPERT EVERETT 'Simply unputdownable' Guardian 'Hilarious' Daily Telegraph 'Highly entertaining' Sunday Times _________________ Make them laugh, and they're yours forever . . . Barbara Parker is Miss Blackpool of 1964, but she doesn't want to be a beauty queen. She wants to make people laugh. So she leaves her hometown behind, takes herself to London, and overnight she becomes the lead in a new BBC comedy, Sophie Straw: charming, gorgeous, destined to win the nation's hearts. Funny Girl is the story of a smash-hit TV show and the people behind the scenes. But when life starts imitating art, they all face a choice. How long can they keep going before it's time to change the channel? ______________ 'Warm, funny, touching . . . winningly perceptive about human relationships and changing social trends' Daily Telegraph 'Like all Hornby's best work, it is both hugely enjoyable and deceptively artful' Spectator 'A beguiling, thoroughly enjoyable read' Sunday Times 'Hugely enjoyable' Sunday Mirror 'Resolutely, winningly light-hearted' Observer 'Hornby's sunniest novel' Metro
So simple, so easy to read and yet so sensitive and profound at the same timeThis is a world that feels real and one you don't want to leave * Independent on Sunday *
Like all Hornby's best work, it is both hugely enjoyable and deceptively artful * Spectator *
Everything Hornby writes is addictively readable and clever, but with Funny Girl he has surpassed himself * Red *
Hornby's sunniest novel * Metro *
Like all Hornby's best work, it is both hugely enjoyable and deceptively artful * Spectator *
Everything Hornby writes is addictively readable and clever, but with Funny Girl he has surpassed himself * Red *
Hornby's sunniest novel * Metro *
NICK HORNBY is the bestselling author of eight novels, including Just Like You, High Fidelity and About a Boy, and several works of nonfiction including Fever Pitch. He has also written numerous award-winning screenplays for film and television including Brooklyn, Wild and, most recently, State of the Union.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780241965221 |
| ISBN 10 | 0241965225 |
| Title | Funny Girl |
| Author | Nick Hornby |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2015-05-07 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
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