![]() (After the jump: more of the review, plus quotes from various sports fans.)The book is about loving a team so much that you might sometimes hate them just a little. If we told the truth every time, then we would be unable to maintain relationships with anyone from the real world." ![]() "But then, obsessives have no choice they have to lie on occasions like this. If you say you're thinking about your team, it sounds a bit stupid and trite, so sometimes you have to lie. It's about falling into long daydreams about a good game your team once had or fretting over a bad run and when somebody asks "What are you thinking about?", not being able to explain it. If you look closer, however, what the book is actually about is being a fan. ![]() ![]() Superficially, it's all about Arsenal's ups and downs, the history of the club, and how the wins and losses intertwined with the author's life. Superficially, Fever Pitch (by Nick Hornby) is about Arsenal. ![]()
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