How Soccer Explains the World

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“An eccentric, fascinating exposé of a world most of us know nothing about.”— The New York Times Book Review "An insightful, entertaining, brainiac sports road trip."— The Wall Street Journal "Foer’s skills as a narrator are enviable. His characterizations… are comparable to those in Norman Mailer's journalism."— The Boston Globe A groundbreaking work—named one of the five most influential sports books of the decade by Sports Illustrated—How Soccer Explains the World is a unique and brilliantly illuminating look at soccer, the world’s most popular sport, as a lens through which to view the pressing issues of our age, from the clash of civilizations to the global economy.