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The Fix

Soccer and Organized Crime

Declan Hill

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English
McClelland & Stewart
14 April 2010
The Fix is the most explosive story of sports corruption in a generation. Intriguing, riveting, and compelling, it tells the story of an investigative journalist who sets out to examine the world of match-fixing in professional soccer.

From the Introduction Understand how gambling fixers work to corrupt a soccer game and you will understand how they move into a basketball league, a cricket tournament, or a tennis match (all places, by the way, that criminal fixers have moved into). My views on soccer have changed. I still love the Saturday-morning game between amateurs: the camaraderie and the fresh smell of grass. But the professional game leaves me cold. I hope you will understand why after reading the book. I think you may never look at sport in the same way again.

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Imprint:   McClelland & Stewart
Country of Publication:   Canada
Dimensions:   Height: 227mm,  Width: 152mm,  Spine: 28mm
Weight:   454g
ISBN:   9780771041396
ISBN 10:   077104139X
Pages:   390
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Reviews for The Fix: Soccer and Organized Crime

Declan has written a well-researched book of investigative journalistic brilliance. A book that deals with the unseen and often shadowy world of soccer's match-fixing. . . . A world the authorities try to ignore; the effects of its existence swept under the carpet in the name of preserving the game's image. -Shaka Hislop, ESPN soccer commentator and former English Premier League and World Cup goalkeeper Fascinating. . . . Part true-crime potboiler, part spy thriller, part academic discourse and part journey of personal discovery. -- Stephen Brunt, Globe and Mail A powerful investigative work.... The Fix is a fascinating read. -- Ottawa Citizen Sensationa.... Fascinating.... [Hill] makes a good case. -- Winnipeg Free Press An explosive book. -- Daily Mail Declan Hill literally takes his life into his own hands.... [He] presents convincing evidence that even games in the 2006 World Cup in Germany were fixed.... Read this book and you'll second guess every referee's dodgy call. -- Replay magazine


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