- Hardcover: 288 pages
- Publisher: Fourth Estate (4 May 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 000717554X
- ISBN-13: 978-0007175543
- Product Dimensions: 23.2 x 15 x 2.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,569,029 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Observer
"Buckley is a talented writer and storyteller. This is a smart, speedy and likeable debut."
Kasia Boddy, Daily Telegraph
'The extravagant, sleazy world of contemporary football seems the perfect setting for a satirical novel.'
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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Will Buckley writes well. His next book will be more of a challenge though, if he's moving outside the realm of sport. I hope he succeeds though because the general premise of this book, that football has become grotesque and stupid was very timely - and also very brave if you consider his occupation. As he alludes to at the back of the book its heavily influenced, and I mean very heavily influenced by Steve Tirsch's Karoo. Its doesn't get near the quality of that but it's still pretty good. Like Stirling, like Will Buckley the book isn't to be taken too seriously. (Although if your as self deprecating as will buckley then this isn't to be self deprecating at all-I'm of the school of thought that thinks that modesty is rapidly becoming the new bragging).
Loved the sly dig at Jimmy's sunday supplement, I cant help watching it now thinkng how terribly seriously the panelists take it. There's more laughs on question time! Will Buckley is also someone to aspire to for me, as someone who gave up on law to become a sports writer. It would be great if he could write a book about a legal version of a rebellious stirling who works for a law firm. The legal proffession, like football could do with a shot in the arm.
Loved the sly dig at Jimmy's sunday supplement, I cant help watching it now thinkng how terribly seriously the panelists take it. There's more laughs on question time! Will Buckley is also someone to aspire to for me, as someone who gave up on law to become a sports writer. It would be great if he could write a book about a legal version of a rebellious stirling who works for a law firm. The legal proffession, like football could do with a shot in the arm.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
According to the blurb on the back cover this book is "a comic novel" and as such I was expecting a laugh or two. However, after reading all 283 pages I am still waiting for my first laugh.
Ok, so it's not funny but it still might be a great work of literature. Sadly, no.
There are almost as many commas as there are words; most sentences peppered between them.
Or as the author would probably write...
There are almost, but not quite, as many commas, irritating for sure, as there are words with, surprisingly, most sentences, as this one, peppered, liberally, I might add with irritation, may I say very irritating, inclusions between them.
Ok, so it's not funny but it still might be a great work of literature. Sadly, no.
There are almost as many commas as there are words; most sentences peppered between them.
Or as the author would probably write...
There are almost, but not quite, as many commas, irritating for sure, as there are words with, surprisingly, most sentences, as this one, peppered, liberally, I might add with irritation, may I say very irritating, inclusions between them.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
More than a little autobiographical, this entertaining take on the travails of a disillusioned 40-year-old father, husband and sportswriter is a biting satire on the preoccupations of modern life. It highlights the pretentiousness and emptiness of much of the modern sportswriting which has gained a bogus respectability since "Fever Pitch" and fillets the various characters to be found within that field. Highly recommended for those who enjoy the game but despair at how serious it seems to have become.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
No Sympathy Here for Writer or Characters
I'll be honest. TMWHF is one of the few novels I've ever read. I was drawn to it because (a) I don't care much for football and (b) I live close to where the central character... Read more
Published on 27 May 2009 by Chris M.
another reviewer who hated the man who hated football
I note that the Observer, quoted on this page, is complimentary about Buckley, without mentioning that Buckley works for the Observer, and, who knows, may indeed have written this... Read more
Published on 19 Oct 2004 by ridiculusmus
Buckley pulls it off
I think the first reviewer (Palmer? Emerson Lake and... or Huntley and...no matter) missed the point that TMWHF is a comic novel. and a pretty good one as these things go. Read more
Published on 5 July 2004 by Steve D
Forced to intercede on Buckley's Behalf
I don't normally review books, but having just spent a wet weekend with "the man who hated football", I felt a quick work in order after reading "the man who hated the man who... Read more
Published on 5 July 2004 by A. J. Williams
piercing?
I think this may be the first time I've ever seen a novel described as piercing. Still, if it means about as much fun as having a body part pierced then I'd have to agree. Read more
Published on 3 Jun 2004 by englandfan
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