4-2 - Softcover

Thomson, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0747530912 ISBN 13: 9780747530916

Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 1997

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Reseña del editor:

This is the story of the World Cup football final between England and West Germany in 1966, written to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the event. The events recorded in the book span 120 minutes, and it comprises a full narrative of the match. But the chronology allows for diversions: flashback, reverie, autobiography, history, jokes, anecdotes and legends. The book explores, among other themes: the nature and appeal of a team; the mood of 1966; the English tradition of being good losers; the bond between kids and fans, and the game and the nature of fantasy involvement with the great players; the author's relationship with his father; the links between fantasy and depression; and living in a dream and getting on with real life. David Thomson is the author of the "Biographical Dictionary of Film", "Suspects", "Showman: The Life of David O. Selznick", which won the British Film Institute Prize for Film Book of the Year", and "Rosebud: The Life of Orson Welles".

Biografía del autor:

David Thompson, born and educated in London, now lives in San Francisco. He writes regularly for both the U.S. edition of Esquire and the Independent on Sunday in London. He is also known for his biographies--Showman: The Life of David O. Selnick and Rosebud: The Story of Orson Wells--for three remarkable 'fictions' that are derived from the screen--Suspects, Silver Light and Warren Beatty and Desert Eyes--and for A Biographical Dictionary of Film, which is now in its third edition. His most recent book is Beneath Mulholland, a collection of essays, and he is also the author of 4-2 (from Bloomsbury), a memoir on growing up as a soccer fan, based on the 1966 World Cup final.

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• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0747530912
• ISBN 13: 9780747530916
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 230