<b>From the bestselling author of&nbsp;<i>High Fidelity</i>,&nbsp;<i>About a Boy</i>, and&nbsp;<i>A Long Way Down</i>&nbsp;comes a highly anticipated new novel.</b><p>&nbsp;</p>Set in 1960's London,&nbsp;<i>Funny Girl&nbsp;</i>is a lively&nbsp;account of&nbsp;the adventures of the intrepid young Sophie Straw as she navigates her transformation from&nbsp;provincial ingénue to television starlet amid a constellation of delightful characters. Insightful and&nbsp;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.