32 PROGRAMMES

Opis produktu

Dave Roberts has been one of those annoying bike couriers a security guard a Civil Servant a KFC chef who was fired for trying to steal a sample of the secret recipe and a train driver all before reaching the age of twenty. After that he settled for a career in advertising which was eventually cut short by illness but not before accidentally winning a Silver Lion at Cannes. He now writes books which all seem to have a theme in common: obsession ...When Dave Roberts relocates to the USA his wife informs him that they can only take what is absolutely essential. Packing his collection of football programmes (1134 of them football fans are sticklers for statistics) Dave is aghast to be informed that the programmes do not fall into that category. He must whittle down his treasured archive to only what will fit inside a Tupperware container the size of a Dan Brown hardback.32 Programmes tells the story of how Dave made the selection of his most important programmes and how the process brought back a flood of nostalgia for simpler times. As the sights sounds and smells of those 1134 football matches return the choices Dave makes reflect the twists and turns that life takes. Finally with just hours to go before the flight the container is full to the brim. One more programme will be added to the collection one that Dave never thought he would see and which means more to him than any other.32 Programmes is the story of youthful football obsession crushes on disinterested girls rubbish jobs and trying to impress skinheads. But most of all it is the story of a mans life and loves of family friends and football.The hilarious and moving story of a man called Dave (a football fan) and his most precious possessions...Funny and wellpaced. The reader is in the hands of a skilled storyteller. This is not a book aimed at anoraks: its a memoir filled with wit and emotion.A little gem... a brilliant way to reflect on his love affair with footballVery funny in wry Nick Hornbyesque fashion... This memoir will gain a lot of fansRemarkable... A book that every woman should study for the unique insight it offers into the impenetrable enigma of the male mindA brilliant idea nicely executed its certainly the funniest sportrelated read this Christmas

Data Publikacji: 2012-05-24
Wymiary: 198 mm 127 mm 19 mm 210 gr