Just finished "Scat" by Carl Hiassen
Dipping in and out of "how soccer explains the world: an unlikely theory of globalisation" .. which is pretty good except it's written by an American so uses the word "soccer" ... and he also has the problem that some over-zealous Jews do of occasionally seeing anti-semitism where none is actually present.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 24 Jan 2011, 13:40, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

For Hiassen A+
For "how soccer explain...." it's a bit of a mixed bag in my opinion. Sometimes stretches things to the point of insanity.
( The Teviot Moose major 5th., Mon 24 Jan 2011, 13:41, Reply)

yeah, that was my kind of take, but there is some good stuff eg Old Firm
and talking about african players in eastern europe. And his summary of Italian football and politics is a slightly different stance than, say, Tobias Jones, but probably just as valid.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 24 Jan 2011, 13:44, Reply)