TY - BOOK AU - Hornby,Nick TI - Funny girl: a novel SN - 9781594205415 AV - PR6058.O689 F86 2015 U1 - 823/.914 23 PY - 2015/// CY - New York PB - Riverhead Books KW - FICTION / Literary KW - bisacsh KW - FICTION / Historical KW - FICTION / General KW - Fiction N2 - "From the bestselling author of High Fidelity, About a Boy, and A Long Way Down comes a highly anticipated new novel. Set in 1960's London, Funny Girl is a lively account of the adventures of the intrepid young Sophie Straw as she navigates her transformation from provincial ingenue to television starlet amid a constellation of delightful characters. Insightful and humorous, Nick Hornby's latest does what he does best: endears us to a cast of characters who are funny if flawed, and forces us to examine ourselves in the process. "-- ER -