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Futebol
The Brazilian Way Of Life
- Author:
- By Alex Bellos
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- Paperback
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- Published: 31st May 2003
- ISBN: 0747561796
- Pages: 416
- Size: 198mm x 129mm
From the Publisher:
Futebol is an irresistible blend of history, anecdote and legend told with great humour and verve by the Guardian's man in Rio. This title shows how Brazil changed football and how football shaped Brazil. The author tells the stories behind the great players, teams, and matches, and the startling range of football spinoffs, such as Ecoball, played in the rainforest and the truly alarming Footbull (yes with bulls).
From the Critics:
“A thrilling picture of Brazilian society and its football which neatly combines reportage with sporting analysis”
Robert McCrum, Observer
“An affectionate and shrewd account of the game. The book is full of intriguing sidelights on Brazilian popular culture; its hedonism, piety and wondrous absurdity”
The Guardian
“As beguiling, as surprising and as many-faceted as Brazilian football itself”
Richard Williams
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