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THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER from the author of HIGH FIDELITY and ABOUT A BOY

'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 a beauty queen. She wants to make people laugh.

So she leaves her hometown behind, takes herself to London, and overnight she becomes the lead in a new BBC comedy, Sophie Straw: charming, gorgeous, destined to win the nation's hearts.

Funny Girl is the story of a smash-hit TV show and the people behind the scenes. But when life starts imitating art, they all face a choice. How long can they keep going before it's time to change the channel?
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'Warm, funny, touching . . . winningly perceptive about human relationships and changing social trends' Daily Telegraph

'Like all Hornby's best work, it is both hugely enjoyable and deceptively artful' Spectator

'A beguiling, thoroughly enjoyable read' Sunday Times

'Hugely enjoyable' Sunday Mirror

'Resolutely, winningly light-hearted' Observer

'Hornby's sunniest novel' Metro Highly entertaining . . . a beguiling, thoroughly enjoyable read * Sunday Times * Simply unputdownable * Guardian * Warm, funny, touching . . . winningly perceptive about human relationships and changing social trends * Daily Telegraph * So simple, so easy to read and yet so sensitive and profound at the same time. This is a world that feels real and one you don't want to leave * Independent on Sunday * Like all Hornby's best work, it is both hugely enjoyable and deceptively artful * Spectator * Everything Hornby writes is addictively readable and clever, but with Funny Girl he has surpassed himself * Red * Hornby's sunniest novel * Metro * Nick Hornby is pretty much always poignant and hilarious * Huffington Post * Fans won't be disappointed by this new story... endearing, humorous and touching, full of spot-on period detail, all brought to vivid life by a cast of very human characters. Hugely enjoyable * Sunday Mirror * Resolutely, winningly light-hearted * Observer * Nick Hornby's funny, winningly perceptive novel is a pleasure to read * Telegraph * If you devoured About a Boy and whizzed through High Fidelity you're going to love Nick Hornby's brilliant new novel. Hilarious and captivating, this is a fabulous read * Take a Break * There is something about Hornby's writing that is so simple, so easy-to-read and yet so sensitive and profound at the same time, that anything he writes turns out very special. The premise of Funny Girl is like a lot of Nick Hornby's irritatingly genius ideas: something so obvious you can't believe no one thought of it before. * Independent * Everything he writes is addictively readable and clever, but with this one he just surpasses himself * Red * Effortlessly engaging... Hornby's writing is so fluid, he has a great knack for capturing atmosphere and skewering a character with a killer phrase * Evening Standard *

Funny Girl: Now The Major TV Series Funny Woman Starring Gemma Arterton