Among the Fans: From the Ashes to the arrows, a year of watching the watchers - Brossura

Collins, Patrick

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1408158833 ISBN 13: 9781408158838

Casa editrice: Wisden, 2012

Riassunto

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD

After nearly half a century in the world's press boxes, Patrick Collins did a remarkable thing. He took his eye off the ball, stepped away from his colleagues, and joined the throng: the people who pay the money. For a year, he relished sharing the experiences of the varied crowds at sporting events great and small: England's always hopeful, always frustrated, football supporters; the panama-hatted brigade at county cricket; the sodden, delirious golf-lovers at the Ryder Cup; and the hey-look-at-me darts fans. And he penetrates strange, semi-private subcultures like point-to-point and speedway. The result is original, wonderfully readable and very funny.

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Recensione:

His prose is always pitch-perfect. The result is a deeply enjoyable and often very funny book which should persuade those who didn't know it already just how brilliantly readable Collins is (Independent on Sunday)

Stylish ... an examination of the changing face of sporting fandom (The Times Sports Books of the Year)

Vivid (Observer Books of the Year)

Revelatory, illuminating the commitment and courage of true fandom (Sunday Telegraph)

Descrizione del libro:

The relationship between athlete and fan is dramatically different these days - no longer the silent, distant veneration of yesteryear. Patrick Collins records a year spent observing a variety of sports and their fans and gives us a wonderfully wry, intelligent view of the modern sporting world.

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• Editore: Wisden
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1408158833
• ISBN 13: 9781408158838
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 224