Funny Girl (novel)

Funny Girl

Author	Nick Hornby
Genre	Novel
Publisher	Penguin/Viking
Publication date	6 November 2014
Media type	Print
Pages	342 (hardcover edition)
ISBN	978-0-670-92280-2
Preceded by	Juliet, Naked

Funny Girl is a 2014 novel, by the British writer Nick Hornby.^[1]

Synopsis

The novel is about Barbara Parker, Miss Blackpool of 1964, who decides to forego ideas of becoming a beauty queen. She heads for London, determined to make her mark as a television comedian, inspired by her idol Lucille Ball. After finding a job on a cosmetics counter in a London department store, she meets a theatrical agent, Brian Debenham, who finds her an audition for a television sitcom pilot based around the domestic life of a newlywed couple. Taking the name Sophie Straw, she becomes a star.

References

↑ Alex Preston. "Funny Girl review – Nick Hornby's tribute to the golden age of light entertainment | Books". The Guardian. Retrieved 2015-03-08.

External links

Works by Nick Hornby

Novels	High Fidelity About a Boy How to Be Good A Long Way Down Slam Juliet, Naked Funny Girl

Non-fiction books	Fever Pitch Songbook The Polysyllabic Spree Housekeeping vs. The Dirt Shakespeare Wrote for Money More Baths Less Talking

Screenplays	Fever Pitch (1997) An Education (2009) Wild (2014) Brooklyn (2015)

Film adaptations	Fever Pitch (1997) High Fidelity (2000) About a Boy (2002) Fever Pitch (2005) About a Boy (television series, 2014–2015) A Long Way Down (2014)

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