Nick Hornby Hornby, the chairman of London and Continental Railways, and Margaret Audrey, Lady Hornby ("née" Withers). He was brought up in Maidenhead, and educated at Maidenhead Grammar School and Jesus College, Cambridge, where he read English. His parents divorced when he was eleven. Hornby published his first book in 1992, a collection of essays about American Writers such as Tobias Wolff and Ann Beattie, titled "Contemporary American Fiction". Hornby's second book, "Fever Pitch", also published in 1992, is an autobiographical story detailing his fanatical support for Arsenal Football Club. As a result, Hornby received the William Hill Sports Book of the
The Sir George Robey it was occupied by squatters and had its interior fittings and floors removed. As of April 2018, the site is still vacant. The pub was directly opposite another, larger, music venue, the Rainbow Theatre. The fictitious venue The Harry Lauder in Nick Hornby's book "Fever Pitch" was based on The Sir George Robey. Near the end of Irvine Welsh's novel "Trainspotting" the characters Sick Boy and Begbie visit The Sir George Robey. The Sir George Robey The Sir George Robey was a mid-19th century public house and later a music venue on Seven Sisters Road, Finsbury Park, North London, England.