Unfortunately, he has neither Roger Angell's ability to take us inside the game nor the pathos of Frederick Exley's brilliantly disturbed autobiographical trilogy.

The book has not been tailored for American audiences, so readers lacking a knowledge of English club football's rules, traditions, history and players will be left completely in the dark by Hornby's obscure references. ``Sometimes hurting someone,'' he writes, ``is unavoidable.'' These occasions tend to bring out ``disappointment and tired impatience'' in his friends and family, but it is when he is exposed as a ``worthless, shallow worm'' that the similarly stricken reader can relate to the high costs of caring deeply about a game that means nothing to one's more well-adjusted friends. Hornby is the kind of fanatic who merely shrugs about the ``tyranny'' the sport exerts over his life-the mumbled excuses he must give at every missed christening or birthday party as a result of a schedule conflict. And really, isn’t the coronation the worst time to steal the crown jewels? Their one day being worn in a century? (Remember in the Minions movie when Bob stole the crown and it made him king of England? That was fun.) If you want to hear more of Jenkins’s music, his track “Adeimus” is on the Pure Moods compilation CD.Brought to print to take advantage of America's presumed fascination with the '94 World Cup (the first ever held here), Fever Pitch is a 24-year obsessional diary of English club football (soccer, to us Americans) games Hornby has witnessed and the way these games have become inextricable from his personal life.

He also denied being at the coronation to steal the crown jewels. “I was quite surprised that some people thought I was Meghan Markle in disguise,” he said. “I was there because I’d written some music for the service.” Jenkins is a multi-instrumentalist, a former member of the band Soft Machine, and his composition “Tros y Garrag” was played at the coronation. “I understand there has been a lot of interest in me since I appeared at the coronation of King Charles,” he said.

Jenkins went on TikTok to do a face reveal, proving that he’s not the Duchess of Sussex in drag. The poor fellow was Welsh composer Sir Karl Jenkins, and that’s just what he looks like, you guys. The man’s long mop-top hair, mustache, and glasses led some to believe he was someone ( Meghan Markle?) in disguise. A mustachioed man transfixed King Charles III’s coronation audience Saturday.

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