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Football Against The Enemy Book

The classic winner of the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award.Read More

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    'GREAT' Independent'TERRIFIC' Guardian'WONDERFUL' Time Out'QUALITY' Mail on Sunday'DEFINITIVE' FourFourTwoWinner of the William Hill Sports Book AwardFeatured in FourFourTwo's list of 'The 10 Best Football Books Ever'Featured in Esquire's 'Best Sports Books Ever Written'Throughout the world, football is a potent force in the lives of billions of people. Focusing national, political and cultural identities, football is the medium through which the world's hopes and fears, passions and hatreds are expressed. Simon Kuper travelled to twenty-two countries from South Africa and Italy to Russia and the USA to examine the way football has shaped them. At the same time, he tried to find out what lies behind each nation's distinctive style of play, from the carefree self-expression of the Brazilians to the anxious calculation of the Italians. During his journeys he met an extraordinary range of players, politicians and - of course - the fans themselves, all of whom revealed in their different ways the unique place football has in the life of the planet.

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    Throughout the world football is a potent force in the lives of billions of people. Focusing national political and cultural identities football is the medium through which the world's hopes and fears passions and hatreds are expressed. Simon Kuper travelled to 22 countries from South Africa to Italy from Russia to the USA to examine the way football has shaped them. At the same time he tried to find out what lies behind each nation's distinctive style of play from the carefree self-expression of the Brazilians to the anxious calculation of the Italians. During his journeys he met an extraordinary range of players politicians and - of course - the fans themselves all of whom revealed in their different ways the unique place football has in the life of the planet.

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    Football Against The Enemy : Paperback : Orion Publishing Co : 9780752848778 : 0752848771 : 06 Nov 2003 : The classic winner of the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award. 'If you like football, read it. If you don't like football, read it' THE TIMES

  • 0752848771
  • 9780752848778
  • Simon Kuper
  • 6 November 2003
  • Orion
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 256
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