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Futebol : Soccer the Brazilian Way
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Futebol : Soccer the Brazilian Way Hardcover - 2002

by Bellos, Alex

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA. Used - Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.
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  • Title Futebol : Soccer the Brazilian Way
  • Author Bellos, Alex
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition FIRST EDITION
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 256
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing USA, NY
  • Date May 3, 2002
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 5692746-6
  • ISBN 9781582342504 / 1582342504
  • Weight 1.49 lbs (0.68 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.4 x 5.42 x 1.59 in (23.88 x 13.77 x 4.04 cm)
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2002512962
  • Dewey Decimal Code 796.334

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Summary

A passionate look at the history of the most popular sport - football - in the most romantic of countries - Brazil The Brazilian football team is one of the modern wonders of the world. At its best it exudes a skill, flamboyance and romantic pull like nothing else on earth. Football is how the world sees Brazil and how 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 northeastern backlands, from the coastal cities of Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo to the Amazon jungle -Bellos shows how Brazil changed football and how football shaped Brazil. He 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 vast country. With an unerring eye for a good story and a marvellous ear for the voices of the people he meets, Alex Bellos describes the startling range of football spinoffs found in Brazil; from Autoball, literally football with cars and a giant leather ball to Ecoball, played in the heart of the rainforest, from Button football and its highly regulated procedures organised by fearsome Buttonistas to the truly alarming Footbull (yes with bulls).

First line

From his window in the village of Toftir, Marcelo Marcolino looks out on to a snowy hill-face shrouded in a sombre mist.

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About the author

Alex Bellos is a reporter for the Observer and the Guardian in Rio de Janeiro, where he has lived and worked for four years.

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