God Is Brazilian by Josh Lacey
Pele, Garrincha, Socrates, Romario, Ronaldinho - all of them can trace their lineage to a young man, half English, half Scottish, who carried a football from Sao Paulo and taught Brazil how to play the beautiful game.In 1894, Charles Miller arrived in Brazil with a pair of boots, a book of rules and a football. When he discovered that no one knew how to play, he marked out a pitch, gathered twenty young men and divided them into two teams...Today, Brazil is the greatest football-playing nation in the world, admired everywhere for its skill, passion, flair and commitment to attacking play - but Charles Miller has been forgotten. This is his story; a gripping narrative of one man's love of football and the clash between two very different cultures: the foxtrot versus the samba; the stiff upper lip versus swinging hips. Josh Lacey tells the profoundly moving story of a man who gave Brazil its greatest gift but lost everything - his heart, his soul and even his wife - to that seductive country.
Josh Lacey was born in London and educated at Cambridge. He writes regularly for the Guardian and the TLS. He lives in London.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780752443959 |
| ISBN 10 | 075244395X |
| Title | God Is Brazilian |
| Author | Josh Lacey |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | The History Press Ltd |
| Year published | 2002-09-19 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
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