Funny Girl

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Riverhead Books, a member of Penguin Group (USA), 2015 - FICTION - 452 pages
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.

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About the author (2015)

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.

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