Why people recommend it
Funny Girl by Nick Hornby is a novel that looks back at a previous era of British television and traditional comedic writing. On an episode of The Book Review titled Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘H Is for Hawk’, Pamela Paul brought up Nick Hornby's novel to preview a later segment featuring John Williams, who reviewed the book and discussed its nostalgic look at purely comic and traditional writers reminiscent of a Lucille Ball style comedy. Later, on another episode of The Book Review titled Inside The New York Times Book Review: The War on Drugs, Greg Coles mentioned the novel as it appeared on the bestseller list at number nine, noting its focus on British television during the 1960s and its classic comedic tone. The podcast hosts emphasized the book's charming retrospective nature and its appeal to readers interested in historical entertainment settings.
Who recommended it
- Pamela Paul Discussed
- Greg Coles Discussed
Pamela Paul — 2 mentions
“John Williams will be here to discuss his review of funny girl and this is a book I think where he's looking back at a time where he either remembers or was living right around when these sort of purely comic and slightly more traditional writers were doing these shows and it's a bit of a valentine to them”
“John Williams is here to talk about his review of nick hornby's new novel funny girl”
Greg Coles — 1 mention
“then at number nine Nick Hornby returns to the list with his latest novel funny girl about British TV in the 196 sort of a Lucille Ball type comedy”
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Other mentions (1: passing, ad reads, own books)
“that was John Williams who reviews Nick hornby's new novel funny girl this week in the book revieww”