Funny Girl: A Novel

Nick Hornby

Feb 2015 · Penguin Random House Audio · Narrated by Emma Fielding

About this audiobook

A brilliant novel from the bestselling author of High Fidelity, About a Boy, and A Long Way Down.

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 ingénue 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.

About the author

Nick Hornby is the author of several internationally bestselling novels including High Fidelity, About a Boy, and A Long Way Down, as well as several works of nonfiction, including Fever Pitch, Songbook, and Ten Years in the Tub. He has written screenplay adaptions of Lynn Barber’s An Education, which was nominated for an Academy Award, Cheryl Strayed's Wild, and Colm Tóibín’s Brooklyn. He lives in London.

Emma Fielding is an English actress who studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (now Royal Conservatoire of Scotland), and worked for the Royal National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company. Her movie credits include The Scarlet Tunic, The Government Inspector, and Pandaemonium. As a narrator, she lent her voice to Allison Pearson’s I Don't Know How She Does It and Nick Hornby’s Funny Girl.