Red Card by Ken Bensinger
The full story behind the FIFA's headline-grabbing corruption scandal.
SpellbindingA gripping account of how the beautiful game got grotesquely ugly. Highly recommended -- Gary Lineker
A gripping white-collar crime thriller that, in its scope and human drama, ranks with some of the best investigative business books of the past 30 years. * Wall Street Journal *
Red Card is the meeting of American investigative reporting and real-life cop show. -- Simon Kuper * FT *
Gripping...Bensinger's impeccably sourced account serves as a sharp reminder of the gargantuan levels of largesse and excess during Fifa's bad, bad days - as well as a warning that not enough has been done to prevent them returning. -- Sean Ingle * Guardian *
A gripping white-collar crime thriller that, in its scope and human drama, ranks with some of the best investigative business books of the past 30 years. * Wall Street Journal *
Red Card is the meeting of American investigative reporting and real-life cop show. -- Simon Kuper * FT *
Gripping...Bensinger's impeccably sourced account serves as a sharp reminder of the gargantuan levels of largesse and excess during Fifa's bad, bad days - as well as a warning that not enough has been done to prevent them returning. -- Sean Ingle * Guardian *
Ken Bensinger has worked at the Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, and, since 2014, for BuzzFeed News as a member of the investigations team. Among other topics, he has written about sport, business, immigration, art and politics. Bensinger has twice won the Gerald Loeb Award for Distinguished Finance & Business Reporting, has also won the ASME National Magazine Award, and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. He grew up in Seattle, graduated from Duke University and lives in Los Angeles with his family. Red Card, his first book, was named the Telegraph's 2019 Football Book of the Year. Find him on Twitter @kenbensinger.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781781256725 |
| ISBN 10 | 1781256721 |
| Title | Red Card |
| Author | Ken Bensinger |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Profile Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2021-05-06 |
| Number of pages | 384 |
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