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Chums
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World Cup 2026
Product details
- ISBN 9781805224129
- Weight: 287g
- Dimensions: 128 x 196mm
- Publication Date: 21 May 2026
- Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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A Sports Book of the Year in the Irish Times, the FT and the Mail on Sunday
'Kuper is one of the best sportswriters in the English language today' New Yorker
'Unmissable ... The ultimate book for anyone who loves football' Mail on Sunday
'A brilliant evocation of the joy of the football carnival and the absurdities of the global spectacle... an essential companion' David Goldblatt
It's the biggest competition on Earth. A four-yearly chance for the world's greatest footballers to realise their ultimate dream. A month-long media spectacle that's watched by billions.
The World Cup has changed beyond recognition since the early days, when the players were semi-pros and the trophy went missing. Today, it's a corporate-led bonanza of dark money and dubious ethics. Simon Kuper, bestselling author of Barça, reflects on every tournament since Italia 90 to reveal a captivating portrait of sport in a globalised world. Entertaining and compelling, World Cup Fever is the definitive story of football's greatest drama, and of how the tournament can touch - and even change - our lives.
Simon Kuper is an author and Financial Times journalist, born in Uganda and raised around the world. An Oxford graduate, he later attended Harvard as a Kennedy Scholar. He has written for the Guardian, Observer, and The Times and is also the author of Chums, The Happy Traitor, Football Against the Enemy and Barça. He lives in Paris with his family.
