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

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      Barbara Parker is Miss Blackpool of 1964, but she doesn't want to be a beauty queen. She only wants to make people laugh. So she leaves her hometown behind, takes herself off to London, and lands a life-changing audition for a new BBC comedy series. Overnight she becomes Sophi...

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      Product ID:9780241965221
      Product Form:Paperback / softback
      Country of Manufacture:GB
      Title:Funny Girl
      Subtitle:Now The Major TV Series Funny Woman Starring Gemma Arterton
      Authors:Author: Nick Hornby
      Page Count:352
      Subjects:Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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      Barbara Parker is Miss Blackpool of 1964, but she doesn't want to be a beauty queen. She only wants to make people laugh. So she leaves her hometown behind, takes herself off to London, and lands a life-changing audition for a new BBC comedy series. Overnight she becomes Sophie Straw: charming, gorgeous, destined to win the nation's hearts.

      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 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


      Imprint Name:Penguin Books Ltd
      Publisher Name:Penguin Books Ltd
      Country of Publication:GB
      Publishing Date:2015-05-07

      Additional information

      Weight252 g
      Dimensions198 × 131 × 22 mm