Funny Girl
Book description
THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER SOON TO BE A TV SERIES STARRING GEMMA ARTERTON AND RUPERT EVERETT
'Simply unputdownable' Guardian
'Hilarious' Daily Telegraph
'Highly entertaining' Sunday Times
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Make them laugh, and they're yours forever . . .
Barbara Parker is Miss Blackpool of 1964, but she doesn't want to be aā¦
Why read it?
2 authors picked Funny Girl as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Nick Hornby is one of my favorite writers, and About a Boy is one of my favorite books of all time.
I love how his prose is pared down but so profound; every sentence, however simple, carries weight, and his characterization is wonderfully human. In this book, Hornby champions mainstream entertainment, something Iām passionate about, as I canāt stand cultural snobbishness.
Itās an homage to a golden age of light entertainment, and, like television comedy, this is a book that "makes us all part of something."
From Beth's list on books set in the world of television.
No, not the 1968 musical starring Barbara Streisand. Itās about a woman trying to be a comedian in the 1960s. No, itās not The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel either. Itās a great light-hearted and immensely sweet look at London on the verge of its swinging days as a beauty queen trying to emulate Lucile Ball and break into the business of comedy superstardom. Hornby obviously did a lot of research in trying to emulate the films, television, and even humor of the time. His details color the world, but itās his penchant for true-to-life, emotional characters that stuck with me. Youā¦
From Ryan's list on satire and parody on Hollywood to make you laugh.
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