Product Description

In The Meaning of Sport, award winning sports writer Simon
Barnes gives you his grandstand seat for a journey from the Olympic Games
in Athens to the World Cup in Germany – via the Ashes series, the Ryder
Cup, Wimbledon, and more. He examines why sport holds us all in such
thrall, how it uplifts and crushes us – and can seem to matter more than
life itself. He challenges us to recognise the intelligence of Wayne
Rooney, the making of Freddie Flintoff, the mythic nature of Steve
Redgrave; and he ponders the ultimate cruelty of the game.

This is the book which asks the questions no one else has thought of,
and finds some surprising answers. Sport has never been written about like
this before.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #23869 in Books
• Published on: 2007-08-02
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 352 pages

Patrick Collins, Mail on Sunday, December 2006
"A celebration of sport and life by one of the finest
sportswriters of his
generation - wise, perceptive and unfailingly joyful"

Leo McKinstry, Sunday Telegraph, December 2006
"...thought-provoking in its content, wonderfully humorous and
readable in its style, this is a sports book like no other."

Michael Atherton, Cricketer, December 2006
"His book is a delight: full of wisdom, humour and whimsy..."