Fever Pitch Each chapter is about a football match that he remembers watching, most but not all at Arsenal Stadium, Highbury, and how it related to the events that were going on with his life. As well as recounting Arsenal's highs and lows, Hornby talks about other football clubs that played in London. "Fever Pitch" sold over a million copies in the United Kingdom. It won the William Hill Sports Book of the Year in 1992 and was reprinted with a new cover and made available as part of the 2005–06 Arsenal F.C. membership pack as part of the "Final Salute" to
Slam (novel) film is directed by Andrea Molaioli and stars Jasmine Trinca, Ludovico Tersigni, Barbara Ramella, and Luca Marinelli. Netflix acquired the global rights to the film and released it on 15 April 2017 on its platform worldwide except in Italy. Slam (novel) Slam is a novel written by British author Nick Hornby, published in 2007. The book's main theme is teenage pregnancy and it is written from the perspective of a teenager, Sam. The novel's protagonist is a troubled 16-year-old skateboarder, Sam, who lives in London, UK . His mother, Annie, gave birth to him when she was just 16. They