Nick Hornby has been a soccer fan since the moment he was conceived. FEVER PITCH is his tribute to a lifelong obsession. Part autobiography, part comedy, part incisive analysis of insanity, Hornby"s award-winning memoir captures the fever pitch of fandom - its agony and ecstasy, its community, its defining role in thousands of young men"s coming of age stories. FEVER PITCH is one for the home team. But above all, it is one for everyone who knows what it really means to have a losing season.