Funny girl / Nick Hornby.
In swinging 60s England, the nation is mesmerized by unlikely comedy star Sophie Straw, the former Blackpool beauty queen who just wants to make people laugh, like her heroine Lucille Ball. Behind the scenes, the cast and crew are having the time of their lives. But when the script begins to get a bit too close to home, and life starts imitating art, they all face a choice. The show's writers, Tony and Bill, comedy obsessives, each harbour a secret. The Oxbridge-educated director, Dennis, loves his job but hates his marriage. The male star Clive, feels he's destined for better things. And Sophie Straw, who changed her name and abandoned her old life, must decide whether to keep going, or change the channel.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781594205415 (hardback)
- ISBN: 1594205418 (hardback)
- Physical Description: 452 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
- Edition: First American edition.
- Publisher: New York : Riverhead Books, a member of Penguin Group (USA), 2015.
- Copyright: ©2014
Content descriptions
General Note: | Originally published in Great Britain in 2014. "A novel"-- Dust jacket. |
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Genre: | Historical fiction. |
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Nick Hornby is the author of six internationally bestselling novels (High Fidelity, About a Boy, How to be Good, A Long Way Down, Slamand Juliet, Naked) and several works of non-fiction including Fever Pitch,Songbook and Ten Years In The Tub, a collection of his 'Stuff I've Been Reading' columns from the Believer.His screenplay for the film An Education was nominated for an Academy Award, and he recently adapted Cheryl Strayed'sWild to a screenplay. He lives in Highbury, north London.
Nick Hornby is the author of six internationally bestselling novels (High Fidelity, About a Boy, How to be Good, A Long Way Down, Slamand Juliet, Naked) and several works of non-fiction including Fever Pitch, Songbookand Ten Years In The Tub, a collection of his 'Stuff I've Been Reading' columns from the Believer.His screenplay for the film An Education was nominated for an Academy Award, and he recently adapted Cheryl Strayed'sWild to a screenplay. He lives in Highbury, north London.