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Football Against the Enemy
- Author:
- By Simon Kuper
- Awards:
- William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award Winner 1994
- Format:
- Paperback
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- Published: 6th Nov 2003
- ISBN: 0752848771
- Pages: 256
- Size: 198mm x 129mm
From Word of Sport:
The author travelled the world to discover the effect football can have on politics and culture, whilst also attempting to understand what makes Brazilian football Brazilian, Dutch football Dutch and British football British.
From the Publisher:
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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Great 1990s overview of the world game, taking in the likes of Roger Milla, samba South American, and teams on either side of the Berlin Wall.
The best place to start if you want to get into decent football writing - less a sociological analysis than an indulgence of the randomness, beauty and hybridity of the modern game.
Posted on 15th Mar 2007 at 08:51:54 GMT.
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