{"product_id":"the-thinking-fans-guide-to-the-world-cup-9780061132261","title":"The Thinking Fan's Guide to the World Cup","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Thinking Fan's Guide to the World Cup\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eFormer Foreign Minister of Mexico Jorge G. Castañeda invites George W. Bush to watch a game.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eNovelist Robert Coover remembers soccer in Spain after the death of General Francisco Franco.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eDave Eggers on America, and the gym teachers who kept it free from communism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003e\u003cp\u003eTime\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e magazine's Tokyo bureau chief Jim Frederick shows how soccer is displacing baseball in Japan.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eNovelist Aleksandar Hemon proves, once and for all, that sex and soccer do not mix.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eNovelist John Lanchester describes the indescribable: the beauty of Brazilian soccer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e's Cressida Leyshon on Trinidad and Tobago, 750-1 underdogs.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFever Pitch\u003c\/em\u003e author Nick Hornby on the conflicting call of club and country.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlus an afterword by Franklin Foer on the form of government most likely to win the World Cup.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Matt Weiland, Sean Wilsey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/12\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.79lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.02h x 5.28w x 1.01d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780061132261\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2006 pg. 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2006 pg. 20\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWeiland, Matt:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMatt Weiland is the Deputy Editor of \u003cem\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/em\u003e. He has been an editor at \u003cem\u003eGranta\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Baffler\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe New Press\u003c\/em\u003e, and he oversaw a documentary radio unit at NPR. His writing has appeared in the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eNew York Observer\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/em\u003e. He is the co-editor, with Sean Wilsey, of \u003cem\u003eThe Thinking Fan's Guide to the World Cup\u003c\/em\u003e and, with Thomas Frank, of \u003cem\u003eCommodify Your Dissent: The Business of Culture in the New Gilded Age\u003c\/em\u003e. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife and son.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWilsey, Sean:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSEAN WILSEY, \u003c\/strong\u003ethe author of a memoir, \u003cem\u003e Oh the Glory of It All\u003c\/em\u003e, and an essay collection, \u003cem\u003eMore Curious\u003c\/em\u003e, is at work on a translation of Luigi Pirandello's \u003cem\u003eUno, Nessuno e Centomila\u003c\/em\u003e for Archipelago Books and a documentary film about 9\/11, IX XI, featuring Roz Chast, Griffin Dunne, and many others (www.ixxi.nyc).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43110659588211,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":22.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_6f27e5e9-5e05-4a99-976e-464da4a16fa0.jpg?v=1748983788","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-thinking-fans-guide-to-the-world-cup-9780061132261","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}