'Brilliant, fascinating and very funny-A highly enjoyable book' Times Literary Supplement
Born in Manchester, Tim Parks grew up in London and studied at Cambridge and Harvard. In 1981 he moved to Italy where he has lived ever since. He is the author of novels, non-fiction and essays, including Europa, Cleaver and Teach Us to Sit Still. He has won the Somerset Maugham, Betty Trask and Llewellyn Rhys awards, and been shortlisted for the Booker Prize. He lectures on literary translation in Milan, writes for publications such as the New Yorker and the New York Review of Books, and his many translations from the Italian include works by Moravia, Calvino, Calasso, Tabucchi and Machiavelli.
Addictive reading...each chapter is a short story, the whole book
an epic
*Observer*
Parks knows his football, and he knows Italy still better. His
adopted country, in all its enduring and exasperating strengths and
weaknesses, comes vividly to life
*Sunday Times*
A fascinating emotional journey... His descriptions of Italian
football are descriptions of Italy itself, its regional
differences, its squabbles, its distinctive temper
*Daily Telegraph*
An enthralling, insightful account of the real Italy
*Independent*
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