THINKING FAN'S GUIDE TO THE WORLD CUP
by WEILAND, MATT;WILSEY, SEAN
List Price: HK$ 140.00
¡@ISBN
9780349119861
¡@Subject
SPORTS, HOBBIES & GAMES
¡@Publisher
ABACUS UK
¡@Publication
2006
¡@Edition
Paperback
¡@Version
Original
¡@Description
The Thinking Fan¡¦s Guide to the World Cup is a unique literary companion to the biggest sporting event on the planet ¡V indispensable to the reader with a passion for football and a thought and a care for everything else. An almanac, a guide and a programme all rolled into one, the editors Matt Weiland (Granta) and Sean Wilsey (McSweeney¡¦s) have gathered together a remarkable team of thirty-two novelists and journalists to write original pieces of reportage and memoir on the thirty-two qualifying nations. The book also includes everything any fan needs to follow the World Cup from opening match to the final, including the complete match schedule, results from past tournaments and statistics on the players, teams and nations themselves.