Synopses & Reviews
A brilliant novel about a woman determined to make a name for herself as a sitcom star in 1960's London from the bestselling author of High Fidelity, About a Boy, and A Long Way Down.
Funny Girl is a lively account of the adventures of the intrepid young Sophie Straw as she navigates her transformation from provincial ing nue to television starlet amid a constellation of delightful characters. Insightful and humorous, Funny Girl does what Nick Hornby does best: endears us to a cast of characters who are funny if flawed, and forces us to examine ourselves in the process.
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"Funny and fast moving, perceptive and sharp." — Los Angeles Times
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"Engaging...Hornby's fictionalized evocation of the era is spot-on." — Entertainment Weekly
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"As befits a novel about a popular sitcom, this novel packs in lots of laughs, but it's also got more heft than Mr. Hornby's readers may expect." — The New York Times
About the Author
Nick Hornby is the author of seven internationally bestselling novels (Funny Girl, High Fidelity, About a Boy, How to be Good, A Long Way Down, Slam and Juliet, Naked) and several works of non-fiction including Fever Pitch, Songbook, and Ten Years In The Tub. He has written screenplay adaptions of Lynn Barber's An Education, nominated for an Academy Award, Cheryl Strayed's Wild, and Colm Tóibín's Brooklyn. He lives in London.