How Soccer Explains the World: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization, Paperback

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-An eccentric, fascinating expose of a world most of us know nothing about.- --The New York Times Book Review -An insightful, entertaining, brainiac sports road trip.- --The Wall Street Journal -Foer's skills as a narrator are enviable. His characterizations... are comparable to those in Norman Mailer's journalism.- --The Boston Globe A groundbreaking work--named one of the five most influential sports books of the decade by Sports Illustrated--How Soccer Explains the World is a unique and brilliantly illuminating look at soccer, the world's most popular sport, as a lens through which to view the pressing issues of our age, from the clash of civilizations to the global economy.