Description
The updated edition of Alex Bellos's modern classic about Brazilian football, published to coincide with the 2014 World Cup
About the Author
Alex Bellos has a degree in Mathematics and Philosophy from Oxford University. He has worked for the Guardian in London and Rio de Janeiro, where he was the paper's foreign correspondent. In 2006 he ghostwrote Pele's autobiography, which was a number one bestseller, and he is also the author of the bestselling Alex's Adventures in Numberland. @alexbellos www.alexbellos.com
Reviews
A thrilling picture of Brazilian society and its football which neatly combines reportage with sporting analysis * Observer *
Magnificent ... Bellos has managed to perfectly capture the chaos and corruption and the romance and obsession and the feeling of what it's like to live in a genuinely football-obsessed nation * FourFourTwo *
Hugely entertaining ... Required reading for anyone who intends to visit Brazil * New Statesman *
An affectionate and shrewd account of the game ... Full of intriguing sidelights on Brazilian popular culture; its hedonism, piety and wondrous absurdity * Guardian *
A hugely enjoyable account of a nation obsessed with football * The Times *
Bellos unearths some wonderful stories and tells them with humour, warmth and humanity. * Jon Culley, The Sports Bookshelf *
Book Information
ISBN 9781408854167
Author Alex Bellos
Format Paperback
Page Count 472
Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight(grams) 380g