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Losing It: A lifetime in pursuit of sporting excellence
Simon Barnes
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Description for Losing It: A lifetime in pursuit of sporting excellence
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BM; WH; WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
To understand Anna Karenina, Mellors, Molly Bloom, Dante, Romeo, Juliet and Bridget Jones you must also have loved and lost and won. To understand sport in the greatest arenas of them all you too must have played and lost and won, known shame, hope, joy, horror and glory. Simon Barnes has taken part in seven summer Olympic Games, five World Cups and ten Ashes series. Well, not exactly taken part, but certainly he was there and writing hard. And always, behind every victory and every defeat he ever recorded, there was the reference of his own sporting ... Read more
To understand Anna Karenina, Mellors, Molly Bloom, Dante, Romeo, Juliet and Bridget Jones you must also have loved and lost and won. To understand sport in the greatest arenas of them all you too must have played and lost and won, known shame, hope, joy, horror and glory. Simon Barnes has taken part in seven summer Olympic Games, five World Cups and ten Ashes series. Well, not exactly taken part, but certainly he was there and writing hard. And always, behind every victory and every defeat he ever recorded, there was the reference of his own sporting ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781472918789
SKU
V9781472918789
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About Simon Barnes
Simon Barnes is a multi-award-winning writer with more than 20 books to his name, including The Meaning of Sport and How to Be a Bad Birdwatcher. He was the Chief Sports Writer of The Times until 2014, and has written sports columns for GQ, The Spectator and many others. @simonbarneswild
Reviews for Losing It: A lifetime in pursuit of sporting excellence
Funny, thoughtful, tragic and touching. Don't be fooled that this is a book about sport - it's a story of (often unrequited) love.
Clare Balding
There are many aspects to sport and many perspectives. The common denominator is that Simon writes beautifully and in extraordinary detail about all of them.
David Gower
An intriguing personal journey ... Read more
Clare Balding
There are many aspects to sport and many perspectives. The common denominator is that Simon writes beautifully and in extraordinary detail about all of them.
David Gower
An intriguing personal journey ... Read more