<![CDATA[The Thinking Fan's Guide to the World Cup]]>

false <![CDATA[The Thinking Fan's Guide to the World Cup]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171251648m/92925.jpg 92925 1 The Thinking Fan's Guide to the World Cup 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. <ul> <li>Former Foreign Minister of Mexico Jorge G. Castañeda invites George W. Bush to watch a game.</li> <li>Novelist Robert Coover remembers soccer in Spain after the death of General Francisco Franco.</li> <li>Dave Eggers on America, and the gym teachers who kept it free from communism.</li> <li>Time magazine's Tokyo bureau chief Jim Frederick shows how soccer is displacing baseball in Japan.</li> <li>Novelist Aleksandar Hemon proves, once and for all, that sex and soccer do not mix.</li> <li>Novelist John Lanchester describes the indescribable: the beauty of Brazilian soccer.</li> <li>The New Yorker's Cressida Leyshon on Trinidad and Tobago, 750-1 underdogs.</li> <li>Fever Pitch author Nick Hornby on the conflicting call of club and country.</li> </ul> Plus an afterword by Franklin Foer on the form of government most likely to win the World Cup. 89598 1 6 2006 The Thinking Fan's Guide to the World Cup total:96|5:19|4:42|3:31|2:4|1:0| 96 364 141 16 4 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 22 20:19:27 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 10 12:45:32 -0700 2009 I f...more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Dec 19 18:54:17 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 19 18:55:27 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Aug 08 06:11:05 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 08 06:12:47 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Mon May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Sat Apr 19 06:49:04 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 25 07:56:23 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Wed Dec 26 07:29:21 -0800 2007 Thu Feb 14 05:47:21 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 true false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sat Sep 08 02:39:13 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 08 02:42:07 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 true false Tue Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Wed Jun 20 11:41:45 -0700 2007 Wed Jun 20 11:43:50 -0700 2007
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