Red Card
FIFA and the Fall of the Most Powerful Men in Sports
$33.70
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
20 July 2021
Summary
‘Gripping…Bensinger’s impeccably sourced account serves as a sharp reminder of the gargantuan levels of largesse and excess during Fifa’s bad, bad days - as well as a warning that not enough has been done to prevent them returning.’ - Sean Ingle, Guardian
‘Bensinger deftly deploys novelistic devices to turn it into a real-life detective thriller…[it] resembles John Grisham’ - Private Eye
The story of FIFA’s fall from grace has it all: power, betrayal, revenge, sp…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781781256725 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1781256721 |
| Author: | Ken Bensinger |
| Publisher: | Profile Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Profile Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 20 July 2021 |
| Weight: | 324g |
| Dimensions: | 22mm x 124mm x 194mm |
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Critics Review
Spellbinding. A gripping account of how the beautiful game got grotesquely ugly. Highly recommended – Gary Lineker
A gripping white-collar crime thriller that, in its scope and human drama, ranks with some of the best investigative business books of the past 30 years. * Wall Street Journal *
Red Card is the meeting of American investigative reporting and real-life cop show. – Simon Kuper * FT *
Gripping…Bensinger’s impeccably sourced account serves as a sharp reminder of the gargantuan levels of largesse and excess during Fifa’s bad, bad days - as well as a warning that not enough has been done to prevent them returning. – Sean Ingle * Guardian *
Ken Bensinger
Ken Bensinger is a Pulitzer Prize finalist and an award-winning investigative reporter for Buzzfeed News. He is based in Los Angeles.
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