Joe McGinniss was a bestselling nonfiction author who wrote for GQ, the Guardian, the New York Times, the Observer, and Sunday Telegraph. He was the recipient of the William Hill Sports Book Award and Four-Four Two magazine's Best Book of the Season. He is the author of Blind Faith, Cruel Doubt, Fatal Vision, The Rogue: Searching for the Real Sarah Palin, and The Selling of the President: The Classic Account of the Packaging of a Candidate.
"A classic of cultures colliding." --Independent, on the
English-language edition
"More than a mere history of the team's improbable season, this
book provides the reader with insights into the passionate world of
Italian soccer. The journey documents the trials and tribulations
surrounding a professional sports team. Certainly a good read for
soccer fans as well as for other sports enthusiasts; recommended
for purchase where demand warrants." --Library Journal, on the
English-language edition
"Rich in comic incidents, delightful characters, and dramatic
surprises." --New York Times, on the English-language edition
"Soccer acts as a lens through which the author sees the real
Italy, the medium-sized industrial towns where people live and
work, away from the tourist's gaze. McGinniss went looking for a
soccer team and found lives filled with humor and tragedy." --Wall
Street Journal, on the English-language edition
"What McGinniss recounts in this wonderful memoir is the stuff of
Italian opera--passion, buffoonery, courage, treachery, and
tragedy." --Dallas Morning News, on the English-language edition
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