{"product_id":"the-quality-of-madness-tim-rich-9781529405019","title":"The Quality of Madness: A Life of Marcelo Bielsa","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarcelo Bielsa is one of football's greatest eccentrics and greatest enigmas. This will be the first English biography of one of football's most contradictory characters.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe has coached some of the greatest names in world football - Gabriel Batistuta, Carlos Tevez, Javier Mascherano, Juan Sebastian Veron and Ander Herrera. He has been cited as a mentor by Pep Guardiola, Mauricio Pochettino and Diego Simeone. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYet Marcelo Bielsa remains one of the great enigmas of world football - a fabulously innovative and obsessive coach, who has transformed Leeds United, Marseille and Athletic Bilbao. He also lasted two days at Lazio and led Argentina to their greatest footballing disaster. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFeaturing interviews from across South America, Europe and Yorkshire, \u003ci\u003eThe Quality of Madness\u003c\/i\u003e is a comprehensive and compelling biography, tracing Bielsa's story from growing up as a member of one of Argentina's most remarkable families to his revival of Leeds. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBielsa has long been known as 'El Loco' - the Madman - and yet as Tim Rich's revelatory study reveals, there is mercurial method and audacious logic to the madness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tim Rich\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1529405017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781529405019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Quercus Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/10\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.00w x 1.30d","brand":"Tim Rich","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44044960071935,"sku":"9781529405019","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6d7e7e83-b014-4edb-a70f-8145c21c3655.jpg?v=1684975924","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-quality-of-madness-tim-rich-9781529405019","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}