CK's review
How Soccer Explains the World: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization
by Franklin Foer
I used to think I hated Diego Maradona, but now I know that was just practice for loathing Stoichkov and all he represents.
CK's review
How Soccer Explains the World: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization by Franklin Foer
CK's review
rating:
Soccer doesn't actually explain the world.
But if you were a highly adept essayist who happens to really love the sport, you could travel around Europe and use the theme of globalization to tie together a half-dozen or so essays about European soccer into a wonderful whole that examines the passionate culture that surrounds the Beautiful Game.
I mean, that's what I'd do.
Make no mistake, despite the lofty title (and its intellectual implications), this is light reading. Smartly written, to be sure, but ultimately quite fun and easy on the cranium. You'll blaze through it in a few sittings, and when you've finished, you'll hate Red Star Belgrade and Hristo Stoichkov as much as I do.
But if you were a highly adept essayist who happens to really love the sport, you could travel around Europe and use the theme of globalization to tie together a half-dozen or so essays about European soccer into a wonderful whole that examines the passionate culture that surrounds the Beautiful Game.
I mean, that's what I'd do.
Make no mistake, despite the lofty title (and its intellectual implications), this is light reading. Smartly written, to be sure, but ultimately quite fun and easy on the cranium. You'll blaze through it in a few sittings, and when you've finished, you'll hate Red Star Belgrade and Hristo Stoichkov as much as I do.
I used to think I hated Diego Maradona, but now I know that was just practice for loathing Stoichkov and all he represents.
