The Ball is Round by David Goldblatt modern fiction As Graf and Kay plot

As Graf and Kay plot and counterplot

I’ve long thought that these are the people that we should be listening to

Never has the art of fiction been such an immediate guide to our navigation of a bewildering world

From Peter the Great to Putin

now as inadequate

The Ball is Round by David Goldblatt modern fiction As Graf and Kay plotFootball conquered the world with its capacity to astonish, and this is its definitive history' The IndependentThere may be no cultural practice more global than soccer. Rites of birth and marriage are infinitely diverse, but the rules of soccer are universal. No world religion can match its geographical scope. The single greatest simultaneous human collective experience is the World Cup final. In this extraordinary tour de force, David Goldblatt