Dave Zirin Brazil's Dance with the Devil

Annotation

One of the Boston Globe's Best Sports Books of the Year:';Incisive, heartbreaking, important and even funny' (Jeremy Schaap, New York Timesbestselling author of Cinderella Man). The people of Brazil celebrated when it was announced that they were hosting the World Cupthe world's most-viewed athletic tournamentin 2014 and the 2016 Summer Olympics. But as the events were approaching, ordinary Brazilians were holding the country's biggest protest marches in decades. Sports journalist Dave Zirin traveled to Brazil to find out why. In a rollicking read that travels from the favelas of Rio de Janeiro to the fabled Maracan Stadium to the halls of power in Washington, DC, Zirin examines Brazilians' objections to the corruption of the games they love; the toll such events take on impoverished citizens; and how taking to the streets opened up an international conversation on the culture, economics, and politics of sports. ';Millions will enjoy the World Cup and Olympics, but Zirin justly reminds readers of the real human costs beyond the spectacle.' Kirkus Reviews