What Sport Tells Us About Life
Penguin
Paperback
: 29 Jan 2009
£8.99
£7.19
Synopsis
Why will there never be another Bradman?
How do you win 33 games in a row?
Why did Zidane lose his rag on the world's stage?
Foraying deep into sport's leftfield, Ed smith asks the questions we rarely ask of our teams and players. When is cheating really cheating? Is the free market good for sport? Can talent be a curse? Does luck matter? His answers, often controversial and always thought provoking, will delight anyone who has ever wondered why sport matters.
Reviews
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'Recommended to anyone interested in sport, history, or simply human nature'
Mark Lawson, Front Row
'I could eat this stuff up with a spoon'
Nick Hornby
'A book that everyone with a serious interest in sport needs to read. Don't miss it'
Simon Barnes, The Times
'A terrific book - Smith has distilled into 200 pages things that took me fifteen years of playing to work out'
Mike Atherton
'An exceptional book: lucid, thought-provoking, informative and fair. Outstanding'
Christopher Martin-Jenkins, The Times
Product details
Format :
Paperback
ISBN: 9780141031859
Size : 129 x 198mm
Pages : 208
Published : 29 Jan 2009
Publisher : Penguin
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