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
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,