Books : The Thinking Fan's Guide to the World Cup
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.334668
EAN: 9780061132261
ISBN: 0061132268
Label: Harper Perennial
Manufacturer: Harper Perennial
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 416
Publication Date: June 01, 2006
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Release Date: May 12, 2006
Sales Rank: 171033
Studio: Harper Perennial
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The Thinking Fan's Guide to the World Cup features original pieces by thirty-two leading writers and journalists about the thirty-two nations that have qualified for the world's greatest sporting event. In addition to all the essential information any fan needs—the complete 2006 match schedule, results from past tournaments, facts and figures about the nations, players, teams, and referees—here are essays that shine a whole new light on soccer and the world.
Former Foreign Minister of Mexico Jorge G. Castañeda invites George W. Bush to watch a game.
Novelist Robert Coover remembers soccer in Spain after the death of General Francisco Franco.
Dave Eggers on America, and the gym teachers who kept it free from communism.
Time magazine's Tokyo bureau chief Jim Frederick shows how soccer is displacing baseball in Japan.
Novelist Aleksandar Hemon proves, once and for all, that sex and soccer do not mix.
Novelist John Lanchester describes the indescribable: the beauty of Brazilian soccer.
The New Yorker's Cressida Leyshon on Trinidad and Tobago, 750-1 underdogs.
Fever Pitch author Nick Hornby on the conflicting call of club and country.
Plus an afterword by Franklin Foer on the form of government most likely to win the World Cup.
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This book's got interesting info. about each participating nation of the last World Cup. If you love the nations of the "beautiful game", this book is for you.
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I was a soccer novice until the 2006 World Cup...this book is a wonderful tribute to the event! Any American who says soccer (football to the rest of the world) is boring should read this and a whole list of other books I could name including: "Soccer Against the Enemy", "How Soccer Explains the World" and "Fever Pitch". I live in Europe now and enjoy football, live, in all its glorious passion. I have bought numerous copies of this book for friends...even those who are not soccer fans since the ... Read More
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This book includes a chapter on each team that qualified for the 2006 World Cup in Germany. The chapters are written by different authors, who have some affinity for the nation. It also includes an interesting introduction and plenty of appealing statistics.
Even after the World Cup, reading this book has been enjoyable and insightful. All but a few of the chapters are entertaining and interesting and some are excellent. There are also some that are quite tedious--these go on and ... Read More
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One day America will come to see what a great game SOCCER is.
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It was one of the most interesting book i read. It captured the country and its relationship with soccer. wonderful writers I wish I could compliment the editors and the writers . Selection of the writers was the essence of this book.
Even people who are not soccer fans would like this book .It will give themt insight into nations politics and flavour of that country.
Iloved reading it
Kiran
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