012 Funny Girl by Nick Hornby

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Nick Hornby’s Funny Girl is one of those rare books that both tells profound truths and can be consumed in a single 24-hour period. This episode begins with Victoria claiming there is little to say about this book besides the fact that it is laugh-out-loud funny, and it ends on a serious discussion of the nature of high art versus low art, so clearly this book has range. Join us as we follow “Funny Girl” Sophie Straw and her band of misfits through the perils of making a television show in the 1960s.

Mentioned in the Episode:

• Book Club Book Swap! Give a book, get a book from J&V!

• A Long Way Down by 2014 film

• An Education

• Wild

• Brooklyn

• Stuff I’ve Been Reading Nick Hornby column

• Lucille Ball

• Dee Henderson

• Harry Potter vs Twilight debate

Recommendations:

• A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby

• High Fidelity by Nick Hornby

• Juliet, Naked by Nick Hornby

• About A Boy by Nick Hornby

• Gillian Flynn

  • Gone Girl

  • Sharp Objects

• Mindy Kaling

  • Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?

  • Why Not Me?

Next Episode:

• Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado