Photo Credit: PublicAffairs Books There is no question that David Goldblatt is one of football’s greatest intellectuals. Both of his previous books, The Ball is Round and Futebol Nation, were world-class and The Game of Our Lives is no exception. The new release, which hit the shelves on Veterans Day, is an absolute delight in every regard. He tackles the British game in a stimulating way, discussing every controversy and every important issue. It is clear that Goldblatt is a natural storyteller,
Football is life. That might has well been the title of David Goldblatt’s newest work, one that takes on the enormous task of explaining the Brazilian way of football. In Brazil football is a big part of life and politics and history, part of the social fabric of an emerging nation and future global anchor. It is an obsession that has taken the huge country by storm and it has been that way for years. Cover Art Courtesy of Nation
