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ISBN:	1559706813 (ISBN13: 9781559706810)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Italy and Italians

A Season with Verona: Travels Around Italy in Search of Illusion, National Character . . . and Goals! (Italy and Italians) Paperback | Pages: 464 pages

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Title	:	A Season with Verona: Travels Around Italy in Search of Illusion, National Character . . . and Goals! (Italy and Italians)
Author	:	Tim Parks
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 464 pages
Published	:	September 8th 2003 by Arcade Publishing (first published January 1st 2002)
Categories	:	Nonfiction. Football. Cultural. Italy. Sports. Travel. Soccer

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On principle, I have to give five stars to any book that could inspire in me, of all people, an interest in sports. In this highly engaging and endlessly fascinating memoir, British expatriate Tim Parks chronicles his experiences attending every Hellas Verona game throughout the course of one season, in 2001. Honestly I can't say enough good things about this book: it was a dramatic and profound experience; I was so invested in the outcome of each game (despite how long ago it was--despite being a fan of AC Milan!) and, as a result, am so eager to understand the vastly complex phenomenon that is Italian soccer. I enjoyed so much the way that Mr. Parks was able to relate so many aspects of Italian civic and cultural life to the sport; how passionate he was about the team itself while still able to to relay the story from an outsider's perspective. I so enjoyed reading his "Italian Ways," being very fond of the trains myself, but I think this was even better. Forza Milan--!

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This book starts off brilliantly with the tale of a boozy, drug-fuelled organised coach journey for Verona fans to a far-flung away match. The chapter blew me away and I thought I was in for a real treat as I continued through the book. Unfortunately though that chapter was the book's highlight and the other chapters couldn't compare with some proving to be a lot poorer. For example chapters where the author went on a tangent and talked about something completely unrelated to football but tried

One of the best sports books I have ever read. Plus an insight into the Italian psyche. What's not to like?

A season in European football alright, soccer lasts about eight and a half months, going from fall through winter into spring and early summer; but that time can seem more like an eternity to the sports countless fans across the continent. The fervid fan culture surrounding European football can be an astonishing thing to the (usually) more sedate followers of North Americas major professional sports; and author Tim Parks, an Englishman and avid football fan who lives and works in Italy,

Tim Parks is an Englishman who has lived and taught for many years in Verona. He has written several books about Italian life (Italian Neighbors, An Italian Education), all worth reading. This is probably the most amusing. He attaches himself to an unruly band of tifosi (soccer fans) who call themselves the Brigate Gialloblu (yellow-blue brigade). They attend all the games, following their team to the far corners of Italy, often on drunken overnight bus trips. Very funny in parts, the book also

I had high expectations for this book, having thoroughly enjoyed Parks' Italian memoirs, Italian Neighbors, and An Italian Education. The book is the story of the Hellas Verona football (soccer) team as Parks follows them through an entire 30+ game season. You meet the players, coaches, owners, and fans, and get to know more than soccer; you learn about the place that the game holds in modern Italian society. I say "modern," but the game truly has a historical reference. Parks writes that "there

Absolutely brilliant - from start to finish this is as gripping as any fictional thriller, hilarious in parts and an absolute must if youre a football fan (as opposed to just a [team name] fan). Dont look up any results from the season in the book, part of the fantastically unbearable tension is not knowing whats going to happen next. Superb.

This is NOT a book strictly about football sop if that puts you off, you're better off not reading it. This is a book about Italy and football serves as a focal point around which the author's observations revolve. Nonetheless, this was one of those books that I enjoyed more than I expected, for a lot of reasons. I'm also an expatriate, whose had to deal with two strange sets of bureaucracy and thinking which made perfect sense to the people who lived there and none top anyone thinking