{"product_id":"love-and-blood-at-the-world-cup-with-the-footballers-fans-and-freaks-9780156030984","title":"Love and Blood: At the World Cup with the Footballers, Fans, and Freaks","description":"Every four years the thirty-two-team, sixty-four-game World Cup captivates the planet's populace for a month. Work absenteeism skyrockets. Political campaigns grind to a halt. Fans mortgage their houses to buy tickets. And teams employ every means possible--even consulting witch doctors and astrologers--in their quest for national glory. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eVeteran soccer commentator Jamie Trecker traveled to Germany for FIFA World Cup 2006. Here, reported from the restaurants, trains, bars, town squares, hostels, press boxes, and brothels, is his unvarnished account of the games and parties, great plays and fistfights, gossip and tacky souvenirs that turn the largest sporting event on earth into a true world bazaar. With equal measures insight and irreverence, Trecker captures the passion, politics, controversies, and economics that make soccer a reflection of the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jamie Trecker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mariner Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.56lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.02h x 5.34w x 0.65d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780156030984\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/27\/2007 pg. 71\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2007 pg. 45\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2007 pg. 916\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTrecker, Jamie:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLead soccer columnist for Fox Sports and an analyst for Fox Soccer Channel, \u003cb\u003eJAMIE TRECKER\u003c\/b\u003e is a contributor to the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eSeattle Post-Intelligencer \u003c\/i\u003eas well as the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLoaded\u003c\/i\u003e magazine. He lives in Chicago.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mariner Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40078469562483,"sku":"9.78016E+12","price":17.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_71d8d364-ebce-4f52-bb27-cfc66d16ec00.jpg?v=1652191051","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/love-and-blood-at-the-world-cup-with-the-footballers-fans-and-freaks-9780156030984","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}