Product Description
Funny Girl
Author: Nick Hornby
Format: Paperback
Now The Major TV Series Funny Woman Starring Gemma Arterton
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
About the Author
Nick Hornby is the bestselling author of nine novels, including High Fidelity, About a Boy, and Just Like You, as well as several works of nonfiction including Fever Pitch. His books have sold over 3.5 million copies in the UK, and many have been turned into successful films and TV series. He has been Oscar-nominated twice for his screenplays, and his TV work has won three Emmys. His work has been translated into more than 40 languages. He lives in London.
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