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WINNER OF THE NEW WRITER AWARD AT THE CROSS SPORTS BOOK AWARDS

SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE, THE GORDON BURN PRIZE AND FOOTBALL BOOK OF THE YEAR AT THE CROSS SPORTS BOOK AWARDS

FEATURED IN THE OBSERVER''S SPORTS WRITERS'' BOOKS OF THE YEAR

And the Sun Shines Now is a book about why Hillsborough happened, and how the flawed response to the disaster created a ''whole new ball game'' but destroyed a culture. The Taylor Report. All-seater stadia. Police lies. Political neglect. Murdoch. The oligarchs. And an FA plan to gentrify football. But what happens when you take the people''s game away from the people? What happens to the game, and what happens to the people? Powerful, funny, soulful and brutal, Adrian Tempany''s acclaimed book exposes the real cost of the modern game . . . and the forces that shaped it.

And the Sun Shines Now How Hillsborough and the

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      Publisher Faber & Faber
      Published 4 May 2017
      ISBN-13 9780571295128
      978-0571295128
      ISBN-10 0571295126
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      Sport Association football (Soccer)

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      WINNER OF THE NEW WRITER AWARD AT THE CROSS SPORTS BOOK AWARDS

      SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE, THE GORDON BURN PRIZE AND FOOTBALL BOOK OF THE YEAR AT THE CROSS SPORTS BOOK AWARDS

      FEATURED IN THE OBSERVER''S SPORTS WRITERS'' BOOKS OF THE YEAR

      And the Sun Shines Now       is a book about why Hillsborough happened, and how the flawed response to the disaster created a ''whole new ball game'' but destroyed a culture. The Taylor Report. All-seater stadia. Police lies. Political neglect. Murdoch. The oligarchs. And an FA plan to gentrify football. But what happens when you take the people''s game away from the people? What happens to the game, and what happens to the people? Powerful, funny, soulful and brutal, Adrian Tempany''s acclaimed book exposes the real cost of the modern game . . . and the forces that shaped it.

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