Funny Girl

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER from the author of HIGH FIDELITY and ABOUT A BOY

'Simply unputdownable' -Guardian,, 'Hilarious'- Daily Telegraph',, Highly entertaining'-Sunday Times

Make them laugh, and they're yours forever . . .Barbara Parker is Miss Blackpool of 1964, but she doesn't want to be a beauty queen. She wants to make people laugh.So she leaves her hometown behind, takes herself to London, and overnight she becomes the lead in a new BBC comedy, Sophie Straw: charming, gorgeous, destined to win the nation's hearts.Funny Girl is the story of a smash-hit TV show and the people behind the scenes. But when life starts imitating art, they all face a choice. How long can they keep going before it's time to change the channel?

'Warm, funny, touching . . . winningly perceptive about human relationships and changing social trends'- Daily Telegraph,, 'Like all Hornby's best work, it is both hugely enjoyable and deceptively artful'-Spectator,, 'A beguiling, thoroughly enjoyable read'-Sunday Times,, 'Hugely enjoyable'-Sunday Mirror 'Resolutely, winningly light-hearted'-Observer,, 'Hornby's sunniest novel'-Metro