DAVE ZIRIN is the sports editor for the Nation and the author of Game Over: How Politics Has Turned the Sports World Upside Down. Named one of UTNE Reader's "Fifty Visionaries Who Are Changing Our World," Zirin is a frequent guest on MSNBC, ESPN, and Democracy Now! He also hosts the weekly Sirius XM show Edge of Sports Radio and has been called "the best sportswriter in the United States," by Robert Lipsyte.
"People think speaking truth to power is easy, but if it was easy
everyone would do it. This book does it... It speaks truth to the
powers that be, from Brazil to the US to FIFA to the IOC. It hits
you like an uppercut that rattles your brain and sets it straight.
I cannot recommend this book highly enough."
--John Carlos, 1968 Olympic medalist "Dave Zirin is not just the
radical brilliant sports critic but along with Naomi Klein the
investigative journalist of our neoliberal era. He has figured out
that sports operates at the the nexus of capitalism, race, class,
sexuality, privatization and of course spectacle. That's why his
work is so important to so many of us."
--Robin Kelley, author, Africa Speaks, America Answers "Dave Zirin
has long stood on the edge of the sports writing world, exploding
topics many of his colleagues are scared to approach. With Brazil's
Dance with the Devil, he puts to bed any notion that the IOC and
FIFA have the best interests of their host countries at heart.
Brazil is a special country and Dave Zirin honors its people and
history while mercilessly going after those who would undermine its
people. This book is a remarkable mix of investigative sports
journalism and insightful social history."
--Glenn Greenwald, author, No Place to Hide "In a sports journalism
landscape where it sometimes seems there are only those who fawn
and those who pander, where curiosity about the world at large is
in short supply, Zirin is an altogether different kind of presence.
He does care, until it hurts, and consistently delivers unique
takes on the nexus of sports and race, globalization, politics and
human rights. In Brazil's Dance with the Devil, Zirin's at his
best, on familiar and fertile ground. Like so much of his work,
it's incisive, heartbreaking, important and even funny."
--Jeremy Schaap, ESPN, author of New York Times bestseller
Cinderella Man "For years, FIFA and the Brazilian government have
failed to understand the complexity of the Brazilian populace, that
it's possible both to love soccer and to be outraged over the
organization of the World Cup at the expense of the people. Dave
Zirin, one of our great chroniclers of sports and society, spent
time on the ground in Brazil interviewing those most affected by
the Brazilian World Cup and Olympics, and he comes away with the
truth of it all: That the brutal expense of these Mega-events isn't
worth the investment of so much public money and historical memory.
Everyone who watches the World Cup should read this book."
--Grant Wahl, senior writer, Sports Illustrated "A vision from
abroad about our Brazil from inside. It's a vision at once
critical, smart, truthful, and free of prejudices, and not sparing
any criticisms of his own country, the United States. Additionally
it's a generous vision that uplifts the great Brazilian people.
Enthusiastically recommended!"
--Juca Kfouri, columnist, UOL Esporte "Dave Zirin offers a great,
fast-paced primer for those who want to get up to speed with what
is happening on the ground in Brazil as it prepares for the World
Cup and Olympics. Zirin brings the reader through years of history
in order to contextualize the tumult on the streets during the 2013
Confederations' Cup and offers perspective on what the world can
expect during the World Cup and Olympics. Brazil's Dance with the
Devil gives insight into the linkages between corruption, massive
public spending and the folly of mega-event planning in a country
with huge wealth inequalities and major infrastructure challenges.
Zirin has done his homework and fieldwork, consulting the classics
and experts to bring together a fast-paced, focused read for an
international audience."
--Juliana Barbassa, Former Rio de Janeiro correspondent, Associated
Press "Like everything Dave Zirin writes, this book is impassioned,
deeply informed and very readable. It's also a necessary book,
because Brazil is a poorly understood country entering a crucial
period. Zirin backs up his opinions with good, honest reporting.
Brazil has a good friend in him."
--Simon Kuper, author, Soccernomics "Brazil's Dance With the Devil,
is a powerful and haunting look at what's happening behind the
scenes (oft-tragically) in a nation hosting both the World Cup and
the Olympics. It's strong work."
--Jeff Pearlman, author, Boys Will Be Boys: The Glory Days and
Party Nights of the Dallas Cowboys Dynasty
"This book is a great expos� of the international-mega-event
industrial complex."
—rs21 "This is an entertaining and informative read, and while the
rapacious neo-liberalism behind the World Cup is horrifying, the
resistance, and the individuals Zirin meets, are inspiring."
—Just Books
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