"The Thinking Fan's Guide to the World Cup" features original
pieces by thirty-two leading writers and journalists about the
thirty-two nations that have qualified for the world's greatest
sporting event. In addition to all the essential information any
fan needs--the complete 2006 match schedule, results from past
tournaments, facts and figures about the nations, players, teams,
and referees--here are essays that shine a whole new light on
soccer and the world.
Former Foreign Minister of Mexico Jorge G. Castaneda invites
George W. Bush to watch a game.
Novelist Robert Coover remembers soccer in Spain after the death
of General Francisco Franco.
Dave Eggers on America, and the gym teachers who kept it free
from communism. "
Time" magazine's Tokyo bureau chief Jim Frederick shows how
soccer is displacing baseball in Japan.
Novelist Aleksandar Hemon proves, once and for all, that sex and
soccer do not mix.
Novelist John Lanchester describes the indescribable: the beauty
of Brazilian soccer. "
The New Yorker"'s Cressida Leyshon on Trinidad and Tobago, 750-1
underdogs.
"Fever Pitch" author Nick Hornby on the conflicting call of club
and country.
Plus an afterword by Franklin Foer on the form of government
most likely to win the World Cup.
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