Juve! by Herbie Sykes
While La Vecchia Signora remains Italy's best-supported team, it's also its most despised. Juve! charts the story of Italy's great sporting dynasty, chronicling the triumphs and tragedies of the Agnellis, and of the icons - Boniperti, Del Piero, Ronaldo - who have been their sporting emissaries for almost a century.
Superbly entertaining and incisive * Times Literary Supplement *
A potted history of modern Italy disguised as a football book, told in his distinctive voice: fond, chatty, distanced, and sometimes hilarious.. [Skyes] tells this important story wonderfully well * Financial Times *
A witty and well-informed guide * Financial Times, *Books of the Year* *
A compelling case for a football club encapsulating the entire psyche of Italy * Observer *
A potted history of modern Italy disguised as a football book, told in his distinctive voice: fond, chatty, distanced, and sometimes hilarious.. [Skyes] tells this important story wonderfully well * Financial Times *
A witty and well-informed guide * Financial Times, *Books of the Year* *
A compelling case for a football club encapsulating the entire psyche of Italy * Observer *
Herbie Sykes was born in England in 1967. He attended a secondary modern school in rural Lincolnshire, but what he studied was principally Manchester City and the Nicaraguan Solidarity Campaign.
In 1991 he took the train from Lincoln to Turin, and there he watched his first derby. He subsequently wrote about it for the mythical City fanzine, Blueprint, and became a regular visitor to Turin long before Ryanair. He met his wife there whilst writing a book about the Giro d’Italia, and has reported extensively on the city and its football teams.
His 2014 book, The Race Against the Stasi, won the cycling category of the British Sports Book Awards, and was shortlisted in the Outstanding Sports Writing category.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781787290501 |
| ISBN 10 | 1787290506 |
| Title | Juve! |
| Author | Herbie Sykes |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2020-10-15 |
| Number of pages | 416 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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