Behind the Curtain by Jonathan Wilson
The fascinating story of football in Eastern Europe following the collapse of the Berlin Wall, from the award-winning author of Inverting the PyramidA blissful book, lovingly and stylishly written * DAILY TELEGRAPH *
With style and erudition, [Wilson] proves that football is a metaphor, an allegory, and much more than just a game * THE TIMES *
There's everything you needed to know about football and plenty that you didn't... wittily observed travel writing. * WHEN SATURDAY COMES *
This fascinating and perceptive travelogue includes a fine collection of anecdotes too colourful for fiction * SUNDAY TIMES *
A terrific book -- Henry Winter * DAILY TELEGRAPH *
Football is centred squarely within a fascinating socio-political context... There is plenty of humour too * INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY *
Compelling... he [Wilson] succeeds in going well beyond the lurid headlines, skilfully interweaving his own travel notes with forays into politics, culture and history * FOURFOURTWO *
Enlightening * THE SCOTSMAN *
An intriguing, entertaining history-cum-sports travelogue. **** * METRO *
Wilson knows an immense amount about eastern European football and has crammed a lot into 300 pages. He writes well and has a lot of good stories * GUARDIAN *
As absorbing as any post-war spy thriller * SUNDAY LIFE *
Engrossing and funny travelogue-cum-social history * GLASGOW EVENING TIMES *
Jonathan Wilson brilliantly plugs the gaps in our knowledge...an observant and witty guide to life in Eastern Europe * WATERSTONES BOOKS QUARTERLY *
With style and erudition, [Wilson] proves that football is a metaphor, an allegory, and much more than just a game * THE TIMES *
Enlightening * THE SCOTSMAN *
Jonathan Wilson (Author)
Jonathan Wilson is a columnist for the Guardian and the founder and editor of The Blizzard. Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics was Football Book of the Year in 2009 and was shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year award. Seven of his other books have been shortlisted for football book of the year and he has also won the Premio Antonio Ghirelli in Italy. Angels with Dirty Faces did the double of football book and history book of the year at the Polish Sports Book Awards in 2018. He is a three-time recipient of the FSA Football Writer of the Year award and in 2023 was granted an honorary doctorate by the University of Sunderland. He writes for the Guardian and in 2011 founded The Blizzard, which he still edits. He is also the co-presenter of the football history podcast It Was What It Was.
Twitter/X: @jonawils
Jonathan Wilson Ltd (Author)
Jonathan Wilson is a columnist for the Guardian and the founder and editor of The Blizzard. Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics was Football Book of the Year in 2009 and was shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year award. Seven of his other books have been shortlisted for football book of the year and he has also won the Premio Antonio Ghirelli in Italy. Angels with Dirty Faces did the double of football book and history book of the year at the Polish Sports Book Awards in 2018. He is a three-time recipient of the FSA Football Writer of the Year award and in 2023 was granted an honorary doctorate by the University of Sunderland. He writes for the Guardian and in 2011 founded The Blizzard, which he still edits. He is also the co-presenter of the football history podcast It Was What It Was.
Twitter/X: @jonawils
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780752879451 |
| ISBN 10 | 0752879456 |
| Title | Behind the Curtain |
| Author | Jonathan Wilson |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Orion Publishing Co |
| Year published | 2006-11-01 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |