Fútbol Contra El Enemigo by Simon Kuper

Fútbol Contra El Enemigo by Simon Kuper

Some people believe football is a matter of life and death, the legendary Liverpool manager Bill Shankly once remarked. I am very disappointed with that attitude. I can assure you it is much, much more important than that. In this, one of the seminal books on soccer, award-winning sports journalist Simon Kuper explores just how important the beautiful game can be throughout the world. Kuper traveled to 22 countries from Argentina to Cameroon, from Ukraine to the Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire), from Brazil to South Africa, and from the United States to Spain, to investigate the powerful influence that soccer exerts on politics, culture, and society. The result part travelogue, part sociopolitical essay is a fascinating and entertaining chronicle of the complex and secretive plots of ambition and power, of individual and national passions, of the sport s history, and, of course, of the beauty of the world s most popular sport.

Simon Kuper is a journalist who contributes to the Financial Times and has articles published in a variety of publications around the world. He is regarded as one of the best soccer journalists in the world. The William Hill Sports Book of the Year award went to his book Football Against the Enemy. In addition, his books are extensively read in translation. Kuper was born in Uganda and spent the majority of his youth in the Netherlands before settling in Paris.

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ISBN 13	9788493985035
Title	Fútbol Contra El Enemigo
Author	Simon Kuper
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Contra
Year published	2014-04-01
Number of pages	368
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