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MuzeFormatDesc: Audio Cassette
ISBN-10: 1567404294
ISBN-13: 9781567404296
May 1999
Publisher: Little Brown & Co
Language: English |
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* ML=ships from multiple locations, AE/AP/AA=ships from U.S. Military location.
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* ML=ships from multiple locations, AE/AP/AA=ships from U.S. Military location.
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Synopsis
Writer and fan Joe McGinniss spends a year in Italy with a world-class soccer team in this book that is part travelogue and part sports book. McGinniss surrenders the objective stance of the reporter as he becomes engaged with the everyday lives of the players and townspeople.
| Size | | Height: | 7.3 in | | Width: | 4.5 in | | Thickness: | 1.8 in | | Weight: | 7.2 oz |
Industry Reviews
"A humble premise, but a fruitful one, thanks to a cast of characters that includes an obdurate coach, shady refs, sinister moneymen, and the ebullient players. McGinniss has never been a subtle writer: Here his esteem for the ragged team can border on oh-gentle-savage paternalism, and a twist at the ending feels mildly exploitive. Still, he has enthusiasm enough to absorb even the sports-averse, who may finally understand the zeal of the soccer fanatic."
Entertainment Weekly - Gillian Flynn (06/25/1999)
"McGinniss will no doubt cherish his taste of George Plimpton-style participation, and there is never a question about his suffering along with the team during every match. He involves himself in every minute of every Castel di Sangro game with a kind of fervid intensity he insists no American sports fan could ever understand, and who wants to argue? But mostly what stays with the reader is McGinniss' eye, and all the alert, engaged watching he does. He watches as the seasons change outside the window of his small, bone-cold apartment next door to the coach of the team. He watches as more and more signs of corruption force him to take a dark view of his beloved team's management."
San Francisco Chronicle - Steve Kettmann (08/22/1999)
"'In Italy, no higher compliment can be paid to an event or live performance of any kind than to say it was like a movie,' [McGuinniss] writes, and his story plays like a Roberto Benigni tragic farce."
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