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
Nick Hornby screenplay. In 2016, Hornby adapted Nina Stibbe's book "Love, Nina: Despatches from Family Life" into a television series. "Love, Nina" received its debut on BBC One on 20 May 2016, and ran for five episodes. Several of Hornby's books have made the jump from page to screen. Hornby wrote the screenplay for the first, a 1997 British adaptation of "Fever Pitch", starring Colin Firth. It was followed by "High Fidelity" in 2000, starring John Cusack; this adaptation was notable in that the action was shifted from London to Chicago. After this success, "About a Boy" was quickly picked up, and