Publication Date: August 2, 1999
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In The Meaning of Sport, award-winning sportswriter 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.
Reviews
Gems on every page... splendid stuff
- The Financial Times
His book is a delight: full of wisdom, humour and whimsy...
- Michael Atherton
His sports writing is so original and insightful that he has
redefined the genre.
- The Spectator
A celebration of sport and life by one of the finest sportswriters of his generation - wise, perceptive and unfailingly joyful
- Mail on Sunday
...thought-provoking in its content, wonderfully humorous and readable in its style, this is a sports book like no other.
- Sunday Telegraph