Red Card by Ken Bensinger
The full story behind FIFA's headline-grabbing corruption scandal. Soon to be a major film.
SpellbindingA gripping account of how the beautiful game got grotesquely ugly. Highly recommended * Gary Lineker *
A forensic dissection of the Fifa corruption scandal that fizzes with the ferocious energy of a superior thriller, with every chapter ending on a cliffhanger * Mail on Sunday Books of the Year *
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 *
Bensinger deftly deploys novelistic devices to turn it into a real-life detective thriller...[it] resembles John Grisham * Private Eye *
Bensinger's tale fizzes with the ferocious energy of the thriller writer, with each chapter ending on a cliffhanger. -- Jim White * Mail on Sunday *
A powerful piece of reportage...a brutal indictment of the way global football was run * Herald *
An engrossing and jaw-dropping tale of international intrigue...riveting * New York Times *
A genuine page-turner * When Saturday Comes *
A forensic dissection of the Fifa corruption scandal that fizzes with the ferocious energy of a superior thriller, with every chapter ending on a cliffhanger * Mail on Sunday Books of the Year *
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 *
Bensinger deftly deploys novelistic devices to turn it into a real-life detective thriller...[it] resembles John Grisham * Private Eye *
Bensinger's tale fizzes with the ferocious energy of the thriller writer, with each chapter ending on a cliffhanger. -- Jim White * Mail on Sunday *
A powerful piece of reportage...a brutal indictment of the way global football was run * Herald *
An engrossing and jaw-dropping tale of international intrigue...riveting * New York Times *
A genuine page-turner * When Saturday Comes *
Ken Bensinger is a Pulitzer Prize finalist and an award-winning investigative reporter for Buzzfeed News. He is based in Los Angeles. Find him on Twitter @kenbensinger
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| ISBN 13 | 9781781256718 |
| ISBN 10 | 1781256713 |
| Title | Red Card |
| Author | Ken Bensinger |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Profile Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2018-06-14 |
| Number of pages | 368 |
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