Garrincha: The Triumph & Tragedy of Brazil's Forgotten Footballing Hero - Softcover

Castro, Ruy

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9780224064330: Garrincha: The Triumph & Tragedy of Brazil's Forgotten Footballing Hero

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ISBN 10: 0224064339 ISBN 13: 9780224064330

Publisher: Yellow Jersey Press, 2005

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The unlikely rise and colourful life of a flawed sporting legend — one of the architects of the footballing magic that we now associate with Brazil’s “beautiful game.”

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RUY CASTRO has worked for many of Brazil's top newspapers and magazines. He is also the author of several biographies and collections of quotations. His most recent works include Bossa Nova: The Story of the Brazilian Music that Seduced the World and Rio de Janeiro: Carnival under Fire. He is currently working on a biography of Carmen Miranda. He lives in Rio de Janeiro.

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"Castro's biography is funny and moving, zealously researched and lovingly told. This excellent new translation by Andrew Downie means English readers can properly appreciate one of the most incredible lives in the history of sport" -- Alex Bellos * Daily Telegraph * "Passionate, fascinating and surprisingly moving ... a worthy tribute... According to Gazza, Gascoigne has limited interest in books. He should be persuaded to make an exception for Garrincha. He would learn more about himself than by reading his own autobiography" -- Josh Lacey * Guardian * "[A] powerfully atmospheric and beautifully rendered life of one of Brazil's greatest ever players... A sad and fantastic book" -- Harry Pearson * When Saturday Comes * "[Castro's] research is exhaustive and exemplary" -- Brian Glanville * Sunday Times * "A compelling page-turner, warts and all" * Scotland on Sunday *

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PublisherYellow Jersey Press
Publication date2005
ISBN 10 0224064339
ISBN 13 9780224064330
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Ruy Castro

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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. The definitive biography of the greatest winger the world has ever seen - the only footballer on the planet capable of overshadowing Pele. The World Cup Finals, Sweden 1958. Brazil vs the fearsome USSR. In the opening three minutes - 'the greatest three minutes in the history of football' - one man wrote himself into the record books. Brazil went on to win the cup, and, in Garrincha, a star was born. Garrincha was the unlikeliest of footballers - with a right leg that turned in and a left that turned out, he looked as if he could barely walk, but with a ball at his feet he had the poise of an angel. Born in rural Brazil in 1933, the 'Little Bird' came to football by accident, discovered at the age of nineteen by a scout for Botafogo. He played football only for the love of it, uninterested in money, and ignoring advice about tactics. And he was as wild off the pitch as he was mesmerising on it - mischievous, audacious and dripping with sex appeal, over the course of his life he fathered at least thirteen children with different women. It was his affair and subsequent marriage to the singer Elza Soares that really caught the imagination of a nation - their mouth-watering combination of football and samba made them the toast of 1960s Rio. But by the age of forty-nine, Garrincha was dead, a victim of the lifestyle that had eventually destroyed him. Garrincha defied the odds stacked against him at birth to become the 'Joy of the People'. With his inventiveness, impertinence, and sheer brilliance he was an architect of the footballing magic that we now associate with Brazil's 'beautiful game'. Ruy Castro's wonderful biography charts the extraordinary rise and fall of a flawed sporting legend, and a tragically human hero. Brazil vs the fearsome USSR.In the opening three minutes - 'the greatest three minutes in the history of football' - one man wrote himself into the record books. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780224064330

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