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Futebol Nation by David Goldblatt - a thriling history of Brazil through its sporting passion

From the genius of Pelé to corruption and civil unrest, no nation has so closely aligned its national identity with playing and watching football as Brazil.

Football is regarded as a thing of joy, its yellow shirts a delightful amalgam of sport and art, entwined with its cultures of music and religion. This is true, but there is another side to the story too. The corruption of Brazil''s football authorities is characteristic of its society as a whole; some of its biggest tournaments have recently been played amidst the largest protests Brazil has ever seen.

From the acclaimed author of the classic football history The Ball is Round, this book is the whole story: the players, the fans, the corruption, the passion. It will be enjoyed by readers of I am the Secret Footballer, The Numbers Game, Why England Lose and fans of footbal

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A gripping account of how football captured a nation * Telegraph *
A breezy, readable and nuanced primer to the centrality of football to Brazilian life -- Jonathan Wilson * New Statesman *
Compelling, lucidly written, and furnished with detail to spare * PA *

Futebol Nation isn't really about sport - it's a pimples-and-all portrait of the world's sixth
largest country and the many ways it has succeeded in shooting itself in both feet

* Irish Independent *

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Penguin Books Ltd
      Published 5 January 2014
      ISBN-13 9780241969779
      978-0241969779
      ISBN-10 0241969778
      Also in:
      Association football (Soccer)

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Futebol Nation by David Goldblatt - a thriling history of Brazil through its sporting passion

      From the genius of Pelé to corruption and civil unrest, no nation has so closely aligned its national identity with playing and watching football as Brazil.

      Football is regarded as a thing of joy, its yellow shirts a delightful amalgam of sport and art, entwined with its cultures of music and religion. This is true, but there is another side to the story too. The corruption of Brazil''s football authorities is characteristic of its society as a whole; some of its biggest tournaments have recently been played amidst the largest protests Brazil has ever seen.

      From the acclaimed author of the classic football history The Ball is Round, this book is the whole story: the players, the fans, the corruption, the passion. It will be enjoyed by readers of I am the Secret Footballer, The Numbers Game, Why England Lose and fans of footbal

      Trade Review
      A gripping account of how football captured a nation * Telegraph *
      A breezy, readable and nuanced primer to the centrality of football to Brazilian life -- Jonathan Wilson * New Statesman *
      Compelling, lucidly written, and furnished with detail to spare * PA *

      Futebol Nation isn't really about sport - it's a pimples-and-all portrait of the world's sixth
      largest country and the many ways it has succeeded in shooting itself in both feet

      * Irish Independent *

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