An American businessman's life is becoming difficult. Contacted about a star African football prospect, he crosses the Atlantic and gets embroiled in the world of talent spotting and football agents. The narrator's journey includes a brilliant recounting of the rise of the black footballer, throwing incidental light on aspects of colonialism, and in the USA, the evocation of intensifying office politics is positively chilling. I'm not sure that the two worlds hang together well and maybe not for you if you are not a soccer fan.
(Tony Pratt - bwl 115 Winter 2025 ) |
