Charting the authors love affair with Arsenal from his childhood, through his teens and into adulthood, Fever Pitch is widely considered to be the book which began the football writing renaissance, which some 25 years later shows no sign of letting up. Throughout Hornbys story, his fortunes are as varied as those of his team, the two often mirroring each other in both victory and defeat. Hornbys story is told with passion, honesty and humour, sometimes of the gallows variety. Irrespective of who you support and whether you are an armchair fan or a religious match-goer, there are no end of situations in the book you will empathise with.
