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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 Premier League Changed Britain

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WINNER OF THE NEW WRITER AWARD AT THE CROSS SPORTS BOOK AWARDSSHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE, THE GORDON BURN PRIZE... Read more

    Publisher: Faber & Faber
    Publication Date: 04/05/2017
    ISBN13: 9780571295128, 978-0571295128
    ISBN10: 0571295126

    Number of Pages: 448

    Non Fiction , Sport

    Description

    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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