Fever Pitch Fever Pitch Fever Pitch: A Fan's Life is a 1992 autobiographical essay by British author Nick Hornby. The book is the basis for two films: "Fever Pitch" (1997, UK) and "Fever Pitch" (2005, U.S.). The first edition was subtitled "A Fan's Life", but later paperback editions were not. "Fever Pitch", first published in 1992, is Hornby's first novel. It tells the story of the author's relationship with football and with Arsenal Football Club, in particular. It consists of several chapters in chronological order, from the time the author first became a football fan as a child until his early thirties.
Cosmopolitan Club (London) informed political gossip is heard", in Trollope's novel "Phineas Redux". The meeting room was dominated by a large painting by Watts of a naked damsel in distress. The painting, "A Story from Boccaccio", depicted the woman fleeing towards a group of classically dressed figures. It was presented to the nation when the club closed. Cosmopolitan Club (London) The Cosmopolitan Club in London, England, was a club which existed from 1852 to 1902. It met in rooms in Berkeley Square which had previously been the studio of George Frederic Watts and then of Henry Wyndham Phillips. The membership included literary men,