{"product_id":"the-thinking-fans-guide-to-matt-weiland-9780061132261","title":"The Thinking Fan's Guide to the World Cup","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Thinking Fan's Guide to the World Cup\u003c\/em\u003e features original pieces by thirty-two leading writers and journalists about the thirty-two nations that have qualified for the world's greatest sporting event. In addition to all the essential information any fan needs--the complete 2006 match schedule, results from past tournaments, facts and figures about the nations, players, teams, and referees--here are essays that shine a whole new light on soccer and the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eFormer Foreign Minister of Mexico Jorge G. Casta eda invites George W. Bush to watch a game.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eNovelist Robert Coover remembers soccer in Spain after the death of General Francisco Franco.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eDave Eggers on America, and the gym teachers who kept it free from communism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003e\u003cp\u003eTime\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e magazine's Tokyo bureau chief Jim Frederick shows how soccer is displacing baseball in Japan.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eNovelist Aleksandar Hemon proves, once and for all, that sex and soccer do not mix.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eNovelist John Lanchester describes the indescribable: the beauty of Brazilian soccer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e's Cressida Leyshon on Trinidad and Tobago, 750-1 underdogs.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFever Pitch\u003c\/em\u003e author Nick Hornby on the conflicting call of club and country.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlus an afterword by Franklin Foer on the form of government most likely to win the World Cup.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Matt Weiland, Sean Wilsey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0061132268\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780061132261\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/12\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.79lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.02h x 5.28w x 1.01d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2006 pg. 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2006 pg. 20","brand":"Matt Weiland","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44860073181439,"sku":"9780061132261","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f1243c89-5de9-4a86-a206-c02cebe2f4b5.jpg?v=1709135335","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-thinking-fans-guide-to-matt-weiland-9780061132261","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}