http://blog.booklistonline.com/2006/04/21/you-dont-talk-about-emmyem-country-like-that/ Behind the Book Reviews--The Official Blog of Booklist Online Sat, 30 Mar 2013 16:38:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blog.booklistonline.com/2006/04/21/you-dont-talk-about-emmyem-country-like-that/comment-page-1/#comment-27993 Likely Stories » Blog Archive » The New Supergroups Tue, 13 Feb 2007 20:48:24 +0000 http://blog.booklistonline.com/?p=301#comment-27993 [...] But, as I say far too often, back to soccer. I’m working my way through the 32 essays (one for each country in competition) in The Thinking Fan’s Guide to the World Cup and really enjoying them. Because it’s truly global, soccer lends itself to writing that places the sport in the context of politics and culture – and because the game on the field is hard to capture in prose, it often serves as a framing device for fascinating diversions. [...]

]]> http://blog.booklistonline.com/2006/04/21/you-dont-talk-about-emmyem-country-like-that/comment-page-1/#comment-210 Likely Stories » Blog Archive » Oh Yeah Fri, 18 Aug 2006 18:32:27 +0000 http://blog.booklistonline.com/?p=301#comment-210 [...] And, oh yeah, I’m still reviewing a book: The Thinking Fan’s Guide to the World Cup, edited by Matt Weiland and Sean Wilsey (Harper Perennial). If it seems like it’s taking me a long time to get through it – I first wrote about it here – you’re right. [...]

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