Nick Hornby

A Comedy Star Falls To Earth in Nick Hornby's New Novel

The Leonard Lopate Show | Feb 3, 2015

Nick Hornby, author of the bestsellers High Fidelity, About a Boy, How To Be Good, among others, and screenwriter for Wild, discusses his latest novel Funny Girl, set in London in the 1960s. An unlikely comedy star Sophie Straw, is capturing the attention of the nation. Nothing could go wrong, until the script begins to get a bit too close to home, and life starts imitating art.

 

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