Title: Sucks the Life Out of a Great Story
Product review: I agree with the other reviews - McGinniss takes one of the greatest sports stories of our generation, misses the point completely and turns it into a travelogue of an egotistical American's time in Italy. Okay, one star for recognizing there is a story here. However a monkey would have seen that.It IS possible for an American to write a decent football book - see Geoffrey Douglas' "The Game of Their Lives." If only the subject matter here would have received similar treatment. There are at least 11 stories that should have been told that will forever be lost thanks to McGinniss' hack job.The only thing that is clear by the end is that Joe continues to marvel in the fact that he is an American that knows a little about soccer. Avoid unless you want the game explained to you from this perspective and anectdotes about Joe's time hangin' with Alexi Lalas. Blech.
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