Jogo Bonito
Pele, Neymar and Brazil’s Beautiful Game
by Henrik Brandão Jönsson
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Pub Date 5 Jun 2014 | Archive Date 31 Aug 2014
Random House UK, Vintage Publishing | Vintage Digital
Description
In Brazil nothing is more important than football.
If England is the birthplace of football then Brazil – the five-time World Cup winners and home of Pelé, Romário, Ronaldo, Neymar and the rest – is the heart and soul of the game.
Jogo Bonito – meaning ‘the beautiful game’ – takes you on a journey through the Wild West of Brazilian football. On the way we meet an eclectic cast of characters, such as Mario Zagallo, the four-time World Cup winner; the long, lost son of Garrincha; Brazil’s best-loved bad boy player turned politician, Romário; and many more. We take a trip to an away game with the country’s most violent hooligans, visit the home of the world’s largest amateur football tournament and enjoy a boozy dinner with South America’s most famous commentator – he of ‘goooooooool’ fame.
Jogo Bonito is a history, a travelogue and a gonzo-style report into a country which has the sixth biggest economy in the world and yet questionable records on education, healthcare and corruption. The result is a book that not only tells the story of Brazilian football, but also of today’s Brazil.
A Note From the Publisher
UK edition – available to read worldwide.
Marketing Plan
Jogo Bonito tells
the story of Brazilian football from Charles Miller, who landed in
Santos with the country's first leather football, to Neymar, today's
global superstar.
Features
exclusive interviews with the country's most high-profile players as
well as outrageous hidden stories from the most unlikely of sources.
With
five world cups and an unbroken string of big stars who dribbled their
way through the decades, Brazil is football's given superpower.
A worthy successor to Alex Bellos's Futebol, which was published over a decade ago and has sold 20,000 copies through TCM.
Published ahead of the 2014 World Cup, which takes place in Brazil.
Available Editions
| EDITION | Ebook |
| ISBN | 9781448192489 |
| PRICE | £14.99 (GBP) |
