Full name: Futebol: The Brazillian Way of Life

Author: Alex Bellos Year: 2002 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Sports, Non Fiction Culture: Brazil Purchase/reserch links: Amazon Goodreads eBooks.com LibraryThing ISBNs: 9781582342504 9780747561798 1582342504 0747561796

The Brazilian football team at its best exudes a skill, flamboyance and romantic pull. Football is how the world sees Brazil and Brazilians see themselves. The game symbolises racial harmony, flamboyance, youth, innovation and skill, and yet football is also a microcosm of Latin America's largest country and contains all of its contradictions. Travelling extensively from the Uruguayan border to the north-eastern backlands, from the coastal cities of Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo to the Amazon jungle, the author, Alex Bellos, shows how Brazil changed football and how football shaped Brazil. Bellos tells the stories behind the great players, like Pele and Garrincha, between the great teams, like Corinthians and Vasco de Gama, and the great matches, as well as extraordinary stories from people and pitches all over this country. Similar books: Football Against The Enemy by Simon Kuper Inverting The Pyramid by Jonathan Wilson The Essential Smart Football by Chris B. Brown Calcio by John Foot Take Your Eye Off the Ball by Pat Kirwan Morbo by Phil Ball The Anatomy of England by Jonathan Wilson War Room by Michael Holley The Best Game Ever by Mark Bowden Provided You Don't Kiss Me by Duncan Hamilton Behind the Curtain by Jonathan Wilson The Art of Smart Football by Chris B. Brown Left Foot Forward by Garry Nelson Mad Ducks and Bears by George Plimpton Forza Italia by Paddy Agnew The Billionaire and the Mechanic by Julian Guthrie Trading Bases by Joe Peta Judo by Hayward Nishioka Norwich by Karen Crouse A Home on the Field by Paul Cuadros