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1 online resource (452 pages) : illustrations |
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text file rda |
| 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. |
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Intrepid young Sophie Straw navigates her transformation from ingenue to television starlet, in 1960's London. |
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"From the bestselling author of High Fidelity, About a Boy, and A Long Way Down comes a highly anticipated new novel. Set in 1960's London, Funny Girl is a lively account of the adventures of the intrepid young Sophie Straw as she navigates her transformation from provincial ingenue to television starlet amid a constellation of delightful characters. Insightful and humorous, Nick Hornby's latest does what he does best: endears us to a cast of characters who are funny if flawed, and forces us to examine ourselves in the process. "-- Provided by publisher. |
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Television actors and actresses -- Fiction.
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Television comedies -- Production and direction -- Fiction.
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Nineteen sixties -- Fiction.
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Television comedies. |
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Women comedians. |
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Roman. |
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Englisch. |
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London (England) -- Fiction.
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| Genre |
Historical fiction.
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Electronic books. |
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Fiction.
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| Other Form: |
Electronic reproduction of (manifestation): Hornby, Nick. Funny girl London : Viking, 2014 9780670922802 |
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Electronic reproduction of (manifestation): Hornby, Nick. Funny girl New York : Riverhead Books, a member of Penguin Group (USA), 2015 9781594205415 (DLC) 2014038381 (OCoLC)884539466 |
| ISBN |
9780698170490 : $48.00 |
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0698170490 : $48.00 |
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