The Miracle Of Castel Di Sangro by Joe McGinniss - ISBN: 9780751527537
Paperback
Small-town Italian soccer team achieves the impossible dream, finding magic.

The Miracle Of Castel Di Sangro

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  • Paperback

    416 pages

  • Release Date

    14 September 2000

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Summary

Through 1996 and 1997 bestselling author Joe McGinniss followed the Italian football season from Castel di Sangro, a small town nestled in the Abruzzi region of Italy. The motley crew that comprised the di Sangro soccer team in the early 90s masked an unparalleled prowess for playing soccer. This is the story of a team and a town with no aspirations, just a passion for the game, and how that passion allowed this team to rise to the top of the professional Italian soccer league. With the lust …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780751527537
ISBN-10:075152753X
Author:Joe McGinniss
Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
Imprint:Sphere
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:416
Release Date:14 September 2000
Weight:292g
Dimensions:197mm x 130mm x 28mm
What They're Saying

Critics Review

This wonderful, compelling book seems destined to join the shortlist of football classics - INDEPENDENT

A gripping and engaging tale - SUNDAY TELEGRAPH

The most essential football book other than FEVER PITCH and THE GLORY GAME - FOUR-FOUR-TWO MAGAZINE

reads like good fiction. - OBSERVER

About The Author

Joe McGinniss

Joe McGinniss shot to literary stardom as a young man with The Selling of the President, his account of the 1968 American Election. He is the author of the international bestsellers Blind Faith and Fatal Vision.

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