A Sports Book of the Year in the Irish Times, the FT and the Mail on Sunday.
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.
ISBN 9781805224129
