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A New York Times Best SellerPowerful...an important read. Publishers WeeklyNew York Times bestselling author Steve Almond takes on Americas biggest sacred cow footballIn Against Football, Steve Almond details why, after forty years as a fan, he can no longer watch the game he still loves. Using a synthesis of memoir, reportage, and cultural critique, Almond asks a series of provocative questions Does our addiction to football foster a tolerance for violence, greed, racism, and homophobia What does it mean that our society has transmuted the intuitive physical joys of childhoodrun, leap, throw, tackleinto a billion-dollar industry How did a sport that causes brain damage become such an important emblem for our institutions of higher learningThere has never been a book that exposes the dark underside of Americas favorite game with such searing candor.
About the Author
Steve Almond is the author of two story collections, My Life in Heavy Metal and The Evil B.B. Chow, the non-fiction book Candyfreak, and the novel Which Brings Me to You, co-written with Julianna Baggott. He lives outside Boston with his wife and baby daughter Josephine.
