{"product_id":"9780241965221","title":"Funny Girl : Now The Major TV Series Funny Woman Starring Gemma Arterton","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Nick Hornby\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 7 May 2015 by Penguin Books Ltd in the United Kingdom.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003ch4\u003ePaperback | 352 pages, 16 b\/w photos\u003cbr\u003e198 x 131 x 22mm | 252g\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER SOON TO BE A TV SERIES STARRING GEMMA ARTERTON AND RUPERT EVERETT'Simply unputdownable' Guardian'Hilarious' Daily Telegraph'Highly entertaining' Sunday Times Make them laugh, and they're yours forever . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBarbara Parker is Miss Blackpool of 1964, but she doesn't want to be a beauty queen. She wants to make people laugh.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFunny 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? '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\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nick Hornby","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57418905715013,"sku":"9780241965221","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/3721\/6069\/files\/9780241965221.jpg?v=1773832983","url":"https:\/\/stripyduckbookshopcafe.co.uk\/products\/9780241965221","provider":"The Stripy Duck Bookshop Café","version":"1.0","type":"link"}