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Promised Land: A Northern Love Story
Anthony Clavane
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Description for Promised Land: A Northern Love Story
Paperback. Anthony Clavane loves Leeds - certainly the football club, but also the city, and the tribes that make it. Now that he is an exile in the South, his frequent pilgrimages to the stadium speak for themselves. But he no less loves the rarely-glimpsed back-streets of his youth. This is a book about football. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; WSBT; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 246.
This is a book about football. It's about unconditional love for a club, even when it doesn't always seem to love you back. But it is also a book about much more than that.
Anthony Clavane loves Leeds - certainly the football club, but also the city, and the tribes that make it. Now that he is an exile in the South, his frequent pilgrimages to the stadium speak for themselves. But he no less loves the rarely-glimpsed back-streets of his youth; and even has a feel for the long-gone slums where his ancestors once settled. Leeds is his ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Yellow Jersey
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780224082648
SKU
V9780224082648
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-2
About Anthony Clavane
Anthony Clavane was born in Leeds in 1960, a year before Don Revie became manager. He started life as a history teacher and is now chief sports writer of the Sunday Mirror.
Reviews for Promised Land: A Northern Love Story
Absorbing, compelling and very personal. Brilliant
David Peace
'Original, passionate, thought-provoking and hugely enjoyable'
The Times
'Sports book of the year'
Radio 2
'Compelling...Glorious...Has an appeal far beyond football'
Guardian
'Absolutely brilliant'
Independent on Sunday
David Peace
'Original, passionate, thought-provoking and hugely enjoyable'
The Times
'Sports book of the year'
Radio 2
'Compelling...Glorious...Has an appeal far beyond football'
Guardian
'Absolutely brilliant'
Independent on Sunday