Arthur Hopcraft

Broschiertes Buch

The Football Man

People & Passions in Soccer

Beschreibung

Written just two years after Englandâ s â 66 triumph when the national game was at its zenith, Arthur Hopcraftâ s The Football Man is repeatedly quoted as the best book every written about the sport.

Autor

ARTHUR HOPCRAFT, who died in 2004, was an English scriptwriter, well known for his TV plays such as The Nearly Man, and for his small-screen adaptations such as Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy; Hard Times, Bleak House, and Rebecca. Before taking up writing for TV, he was a sports journalist for The Guardian and The Observer, writing The Football Man: People and Passions in Soccer, which was voted one of best sports books of all time by The Observer and The Independent. He also had four other books published, including an autobiographical account of his childhood, and wrote the screenplay for the film Hostage. Hopcraft won the BAFTA writer's award in 1985.

Produktdetails

• Sports Classics
• Verlag: Quarto Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 197mm x 131mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 186g
• ISBN-13: 9781781311516
• ISBN-10: 178131151X
• Artikelnr.: 37768086