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How Soccer Explains the World: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization

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UPC:
9780066212340
Maximum Purchase:
2 units
Binding:
Hardcover
Publication Date:
2004-06-29
Release Date:
2004-06-29
Author:
Franklin Foer
Language:
english
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An eccentric, fascinating expos of a world most of us know nothing about.
The New York Times Book Review

An insightful, entertaining, brainiac sports road trip.
The Wall Street Journal

Foers skills as a narrator are enviable. His characterizations are comparable to those in Norman Mailer's journalism.
The Boston Globe

A groundbreaking worknamed one of the five most influential sports books of the decade by Sports IllustratedHow Soccer Explains the World is a unique and brilliantly illuminating look at soccer, the worlds most popular sport, as a lens through which to view the pressing issues of our age, from the clash of civilizations to the global economy.