Funny girl : [a novel] / Nick Hornby.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hornby, Nick, author.

Contributor:

Roberta S. & Leonard S. Leibman, W'53 Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Television actors and actresses--Fiction.

Television actors and actresses.

Television comedies.

Television comedies--Production and direction--Fiction.

Nineteen sixties--Fiction.

Nineteen sixties.

London (England)--Fiction.

London (England).

Women comedians.

Genre:

Fiction.

Historical fiction.

Physical Description:

452 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Edition:

First American edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Riverhead Books, a member of Penguin Group (USA), 2015.

Summary:

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.

Notes:

Originally published in Great Britain in 2014.

"A novel"-- Dust jacket.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Roberta S. & Leonard S. Leibman, W'53 Fund.

ISBN:

9781594205415

1594205418

OCLC:

884539466

Publisher Number:

99961386301